Strengthening Coastal Communities Act of 2018
Latest action · Dec 21, 2018 Became Public Law No: 115-358.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 15, 2018
- Passed HouseNov 16, 2018
- Passed SenateDec 20, 2018
- To the PresidentDec 21, 2018
- Became lawDec 21, 2018Public Law 115-358
Summary
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.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 15, 2018 to Sep 4, 2018; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Original | May 15, 2018 |
| R-FL | Thomas J. Rooney | Original | May 15, 2018 |
| R-FL | Brian J. Mast | Sep 4, 2018 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred May 15, 2018Markup Jun 13, 2018Reported Oct 30, 2018 |
| Senate | Environment and Public Works Committee | Referred Nov 26, 2018Discharged Dec 20, 2018 |
Actions 21
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 21, 2018Presented to President.
- Dec 21, 2018Signed by President.
- Dec 21, 2018Became Public Law No: 115-358.
- Dec 20, 2018Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7949)
- Dec 20, 2018Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7949)
In the Congressional Record 4
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7913, S7914, S7949 | John Barrasso R-WY, Steve Daines R-MT, Thomas R. Carper D-DE | Dec 19, 2018 |
| House | Recorded votes H9550enact | — | Nov 16, 2018 |
| House | Debate and remarks H9476–H9478, H9507Text printed H9477 | Colleen Hanabusa D-HI, Doug Lamborn R-CO, Lisa Blunt Rochester D-DE, Neal P. Dunn R-FL, Virginia Foxx R-NC | Nov 13, 2018 |
| House | Lists H3977H.R. 5787–5832 | — | May 15, 2018 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jul 11, 2018H.R. 5787, Strengthening Coastal Communities Act of 2018As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 13, 2018
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 79, May 15, 2018, page H3977.
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF10859 | The Coastal Barrier Resources Act (CBRA) | Resource | Oct 3, 2023 |
| R44989 | Comparison of the Bills to Extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Funding Archived | Report | Jan 17, 2018 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2947 | Strengthening Coastal Communities Act of 2017 | Related bill | Feb 27, 2018 |
| HR 3047 | To correct the boundaries of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Units P21, P21P, P22 in Florida. | Related bill | Jul 5, 2017 |
| HR 4880 | To revise the boundaries of certain John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System units in Delaware. | Related bill | Feb 27, 2018 |
Titles 8
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title
- An act to amend the Coastal Barrier Resources Act to give effect to more accurate maps of units of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System that were produced by digital mapping of such units, and for other purposes
- Short Title
- Strengthening Coastal Communities Act of 2018
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Coastal Barrier Resources Act to give effect to more accurate maps of units of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System that were produced by digital mapping of such units, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Strengthening Coastal Communities Act of 2018
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Strengthening Coastal Communities Act of 2018
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Strengthening Coastal Communities Act of 2018
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- Strengthening Coastal Communities Act of 2018
- Short Titles as Enacted
- Strengthening Coastal Communities Act of 2018
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 5
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Nov 26, 2018Referred in Senate
- Nov 16, 2018Engrossed in House
- Oct 30, 2018Reported in House
- May 15, 2018Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
