News release

On Friday, September 25, 2026, the President signed into law:

H.R. 3657, the “Hydropower Licensing Transparency Act,” which requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to submit annually to the Congress a report on the status of outstanding hydropower licensing applications;

H.R. 7250, which reauthorizes appropriations for the Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System;

S. 550, which grants jurisdiction for the United States Court of Federal Claims to hear and render judgment on land claims of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma under a certain treaty;

S. 603, which designates the General George C. Marshall House, in the Commonwealth of Virginia, as an affiliated area of the National Park System;

S. 759, the “Modernizing Access to Our Public Oceans Act,” which requires the Department of Commerce to make available, on a publicly accessible website, geographic data identifying areas within the United States’ exclusive economic zone that are subject to regulatory restrictions on fishing, boating, and other recreational activities; and

S. 790, which redesignates the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper, Wyoming, as the Barbara L. Cubin National Historic Trails Interpretive Center.