Strengthening Coastal Communities Act of 2018 became law 220 days after introduction, with cosponsors from both parties
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 124 words.
Strengthening Coastal Communities Act of 2018 (Sec.2)This bill modifies certain boundaries of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Units located in Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida. (The John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System consists of those undeveloped coastal barriers and other areas located on the coasts of the United States that are identified and generally depicted on the map on file with the Department of the Interior titled "Coastal Barrier Resources System.") (Sec.3)Interior must publish digital versions of its Coastal Barrier Resources System maps on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service website. Interior must submit to Congress a report regarding the progress and challenges of transitioning from paper to digital maps and a timetable for completion of the digitization.
- Committees
- House Natural Resources Committee
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee - Policy area
- Public Lands and Natural Resources: 136 of 3,779 bills became law, 113th–118th (3.6%)
- Sponsor
- 1 of 86 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 6, from enrolled bill to public law · 1,614 words
- Subjects
- Congressional oversightDelawareDigital mediaFloridaGeography and mappingGovernment studies and investigations +3 more
- Latest action
- Dec 21, 2018: Became Public Law No: 115-358.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 3 in all.
Related, per CRS or House · 3
- 115th H.R. 2947 Strengthening Coastal Communities Act of 2017 R · Introduced
- 115th H.R. 3047 To correct the boundaries of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Units P21, P21P, P22 in Florida. R · Introduced
- 115th H.R. 4880 To revise the boundaries of certain John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System units in Delaware. D · Introduced