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U.S. GOVERNMENT
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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-995
TO AUTHORIZE THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TO GRANT TO STATES
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS EASEMENTS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY OVER
FEDERAL LAND WITHIN GATEWAY NATIONAL RECREATION AREA FOR
CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF PROJECTS FOR
CONTROL AND PREVENTION OF FLOODING AND SHORELINE EROSION
OCTOBER 23, 2018.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 6666]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 6666) to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant
to States and local governments easements and rights-of-way over
Federal land within Gateway National Recreation Area for con-
struction, operation, and maintenance of projects for control and
prevention of flooding and shoreline erosion, having considered the
same, report favorably thereon without amendment and rec-
ommend that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 6666 is to authorize the Secretary of the In-
terior to grant to States and local governments easements and
rights-of-way over Federal land within Gateway National Recre-
ation Area for construction, operation, and maintenance of projects
for control and prevention of flooding and shoreline erosion.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
Hurricane Sandy was the deadliest and most destructive hurri-
cane of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season.1 Sandy caused $70 bil-
lion dollars in damage in the U.S. and affected 24 States, including
12012 Atlantic Hurricane Season. National Hurricane Center Annual Summary. National
Weather Service. NOAA. January 23, 2014. https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/sum-
mary atlc 2012.pdf.
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