Recent Developments

• Date: 01 December 2009

12-2009 NEWS & ANALYSIS 39 ELR 11181

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

In the Congress

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PUBLIC LAWS

H.R. 2121 (An Act Authorizing the Ad-

ministrator of General Services to Con-

vey a Parcel of Real Property in Ga lves-

ton, Texas, to the Ga lveston Historical

Foundation), which provides for the

transfer of certain federal property to the

Galveston Historical Foundation, was

signed into law on October 19, 2009.

Pub. L. No. 111-78, 155 Cong. Rec.

D1186 (daily ed. Oct. 21, 2009).

H.R. 3183 (Energy and Water Develop-

ment and Related Agencies Appropria-

tions Act), which makes appropriations

for energy and water development and

related agencies for the scal yea r end-

ing September 30, 2010, was signed into

law on October 28, 2009. Pub. L. No.

111-85, 155 Cong. Rec. D1247 (daily ed.

Oct. 29, 2009).

CHAMBER ACTION

S. 1818 (Morris K. Udall Scholarship),

which would amend the Morris K. Udall

Scholarship and Excellence in National

Environmental and Native American

Public Policy Act of 1992 to honor the

legacy of Stewart L. Uda ll, was passed

by the Senate, 155 Cong Rec. S10584

(daily ed. Oct. 20, 2009), and the

House, 155 Cong. Rec. H11539 (daily

ed. Oct. 20, 2009), clearing the mea sure

for the president.

H.R. 1471 (Jimmy Carter National

Historic Site), which would expand the

boundary of the Jimmy Carter National

Historic Site in the state of Georgia and

redesignate the unit as a National His-

torical Park, was passed by the House.

155 Cong. Rec. H11744 (daily ed. Oct.

26, 2009).

H.R. 1593 (Wild and Scenic Rivers Act),

which would amend the Wild and Sce-

nic Rivers Act to designate a segment of

Illabot Creek in Skagit County, Wash-

ington, as a component of the National

Wild and Scenic Rivers System, was

passed by the House. 155 Cong. Rec.

H11177 (daily ed. Oct. 13, 2009).

H.R. 1641 (Cascadia Marine Trail Study

Act), which would amend the National

Trails System Act to provide for a study

of the Cascadia Marine Trail, was passed

by the House. 155 Cong. Rec. H11746

(daily ed. Oct. 26, 2009).

H.R. 2489 (AmericaView Geospatial

Imagery Mapping Program Act), which

would authorize a comprehensive na-

tional cooperative geospatial imagery

mapping program through the United

States Geological Survey, to promote use

of the program for education, workforce

training and development, and applied

research, and to support federal, state,

tribal, and local government programs,

was passed by the House. 155 Cong.

Rec. H11824 (daily ed. Oct. 27, 2009).

H.R. 2806 (Stephen Mather Wilderness

and the North Cascades National Park),

which would authorize the Secretar y of

the Interior to adjust the boundary of

the Stephen Mather Wilderness and the

North Cascades National Park in order

to allow the rebuilding of a road outside

of the oodplain while ensuring that

there is no net loss of acreage to the Park

or the Wilderness, was passed by the

House. 155 Cong. Rec. H11745 (daily

ed. Oct. 26, 2009).

H.R. 3433 (North American Wetlands

Conservation Act), which would amend

the North American Wetlands Con-

servation Act to establish requirements

regarding payment of the nonfederal

share of the costs of wetlands conserva-

tion projects in Canada that are f unded

under that Act, was passed by the House.

155 Cong. Rec. H11178 (daily ed. Oct.

13, 2009).

H.R. 3476 (Delaware Water Gap Na-

tional Recreation Area Citizen Advisory

Commission), which would reauthorize

the Delaware Water Gap National Rec-

reation Area Citizen Advisory Com-

mission, was passed by the House. 155

Cong. Rec. H11179, H11260 (daily ed.

Oct. 13, 2009).

H.R. 3537 (Junior Duck Stamp Conser-

vation and Design Program Reauthoriza-

tion Act of 2009), which would amend

and reauthorize the Junior Duck Stamp

Conservation and Design Program Act

of 1994, was passed by the House. 155

Cong. Rec. H11177 (daily ed. Oct. 13,

2009).

H. Res. 465 (Atlantic Intracoasta l Wa-

terway Association), which would recog-

nize the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway

Association on the occasion of its 10th

anniversary, was passed by the House.

155 Cong. Rec. H11354 (daily ed. Oct.

14, 2009).

H. Res. 701 (Dyke Marsh Wildlife Pre-

serve), which would recognize the Dyke

Marsh Wildlife Preserve as a unique and

precious ecosystem, was passed by the

House. 155 Cong. Rec. H10545 (daily

ed. Oct. 7, 2009).

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