Recent Developments

• Date: 01 January 2019

1-2019 NEWS & ANALYSIS 49 ELR 10087

Public Laws

S. 2269 (land use), which would reau-

thorize the Global Food Secu rity Act

of 2016 for ve additional years, was

signed into law by President Trump on

October 11, 2018. Pub. L. No. 115-266,

164 Cong. Rec. D1166 (daily ed. Nov.

13, 2018).

S. 3021 (water), which would provide

for improvements to the rivers and har-

bors of the United States, conservation

and development of water and related

resources, and water pollution control

activities, was signed i nto law by Presi-

dent Trump on October 23, 2018. Pub.

L. No. 115-270, 164 Cong. Rec. D1166

(daily ed. Nov. 13, 2018).

S. 3508 (water), which would reau-

thorize and amend the Ma rine Debris

Act to promote international action to

reduce marine debris, was signed into

law by President Trump on October 11,

2018. Pub. L. No. 115-265, 164 Cong.

Rec. D1166 (daily ed. Nov. 13, 2018).

H.R. 2615 (land use), which would

authorize the exchange of certain land

located on Gulf Islands Nationa l Sea-

shore in Jackson County, Mississippi,

between the National Park Ser vice

and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, was

signed by President Trump on Novem-

ber 20, 2018. Pub. L. No. 115-279, 164

Cong. Rec. D1197 (daily ed. Nov. 26,

2018).

Chamber Action

S. 440 (la nd use), which would es-

tablish a procedure for the conveyance

of certain federa l property around

the Dickinson Reser voir in t he state

of North Dakota, was pa ssed by the

House. 164 Cong. Rec. H9480 (daily

ed. Nov. 13, 2018).

S. 2074 (land use), which would es-

tablish a procedure for the conveyance

of certain federa l property around

the Jamestown Reservoir in the state

of North Dakota, was pa ssed by the

House. 164 Cong. Rec. H9482 (daily

ed. Nov. 13, 2018).

S. 3628 (governa nce), which would

reauthorize the National Flood Insu r-

ance Program, was pa ssed by the Sen-

ate. 164 Cong. Rec. S7246 (daily ed.

Nov. 29, 2018).

S. Con. Res. 51 (water), which would

correct the enrollment of S. 140, which

would amend the White Mountain

Apache Tribe (WMAT) Water Rights

Quantication Act of 2010 to clarify

the use of amounts in the W MAT

Settlement Fund, was agreed to by t he

House, 164 Cong. Rec. H9655 (daily

ed. Nov. 27, 2018), and the Senate, 164

Cong. Rec. S7019 (da ily ed. Nov. 15,

2018).

H.R. 2615 (land use), which would

authorize the exchange of certain land

located on Gulf Islands Nationa l Sea-

shore in Jackson County, Mississippi,

between the National Park Ser vice

and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, was

passed by the House. 164 Cong. Rec.

H9484 (daily ed. Nov. 13, 2018).

H.R. 4033 (natura l resources), which

would reauthorize the National Geo-

logic Mapping Act of 1992, was passed

by the House. 164 Cong. Rec. H9475

(daily ed. Nov. 13, 2018).

H.R. 5636 (land u se), which would

designate additions to the Flatside

Wilderness in the Ouachita Nationa l

Forest, was passed by the House. 164

Cong. Rec. H9478 (daily ed. Nov. 13,

2018).

H.R. 5706 (land us e), which would

establish the Pearl Harbor Nationa l

Memorial and the Honouliuli National

Historic Site in the state of Hawaii, was

passed by the House. 164 Cong. Rec.

H9485 (daily ed. Nov. 13, 2018).

H.R. 5787 (water), which would

amend the Coasta l Barrier Resources

Act to give eect to more accurate maps

of units of the John H. Chafee Coastal

Barrier Resources System t hat were pro-

duced by digital mapping of such units,

was passed by the House. 164 Cong.

Rec. H9550 (daily ed. Nov. 16, 2018).

H.R. 6064 ( land use), which would

rename the Oyster Bay National Wild-

life Refuge as the Congressman Lester

Wol National Wildlife Refuge, wa s

passed by the House. 164 Cong. Rec.

H9479 (daily ed. Nov. 13, 2018).

H.R. 6146 (land use), which would

authorize, direct, expedite, and facili-

tate a land exchange in Yavapai Coun-

ty, Arizona, was passed by the House.

164 Cong. Rec. H9483 (daily ed. Nov.

13, 2018).

H.R. 6666 ( land use), which would

authorize the Secretar y of the Interior

to grant to states and local govern-

ments easements and rights-of-way over

federal land withi n Gateway National

Recreation Area for construction, op-

eration, and maintenance of projects

for control and prevention of ooding

and shoreline erosion, was passed by the

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

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