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Trump signs wide-ranging public lands bill

March 14, 2019

Via: Jurist

US President Donald Trump signed the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act on Tuesday. The bill, which passed by the House and Senate with strong bipartisan support, works to expand national parks and creates new national monuments.

In his signing statement, Trump highlighted the bill’s creation of a committee to make a memorial to President John Adams in Washington, DC, and a change in the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.

This change directs the Secretary of the Interior to act on the recommendation of regional Flyway Councils in establishing hunting seasons for different birds.

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