The coast: the Oyster Reef Recovery Act
What they say
Her campaign's item of October 16, 2024, published under its own headline "Kiggans sponsors Oyster Reef Recovery Act", says she introduced the bill and that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez cosponsored it, and quotes her on leading the effort.
“Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02) has introduced H.R. 9705 in the US House of Representatives, the Oyster Reef Recovery Act”
In their own words, dated
“Reps. Jen Kiggans (R-Va.) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) have introduced legislation to create a competitive grant program to support restoring and protecting oyster reefs.”
What the record shows ·
She is on the bill from the day it was introduced, in both Congresses that have carried it. H.R. 9705, introduced on September 19, 2024, is sponsored by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and its cosponsor roster holds one name, Kiggans, an original cosponsor on the day of introduction. It was reintroduced in the next Congress as H.R. 360 on January 13, 2025, again sponsored by Ocasio-Cortez, with Kiggans again an original cosponsor, one of three. Both were referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and went no further, and she has sponsored no oyster or reef bill of her own in either Congress.
Limit: Congress lists Rep. Ocasio-Cortez as the sponsor and Kiggans as an original cosponsor, in 2024 and again in 2025. Neither bill has passed.