The Power of the Pen: New Bills Signed into Law

 

On Monday, February 29, 2016, the President signed into law:

H.R. 487, which allows the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma to lease or transfer certain lands;

H.R. 890, which revises certain boundaries in the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System;

H.R. 3262, which authorizes VA to convey to the Danville Area Community College of Danville, Illinois, the property known as Building 48 within the VA Illiana Health Care System;

H.R. 4056, which directs VA to convey to the Florida Department of Veterans Affairs the Community Living Center at the Lake Baldwin Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic in Orlando, Florida;

H.R. 4437, which extends the deadline for submission of the Commission on Care's final report; and

S. 2109, the “Directing Dollars to Disaster Relief Act of 2015,” which requires FEMA to develop an integrated plan to control and reduce administrative costs incurred by FEMA in support of the delivery of assistance for major disasters. 

Source: The White House, Office of the Press Secretary