; Whereas Congress passed the Kingman and Heritage Islands Act of 2010 ( Public Law 111–328 ), which expanded the allowable uses for Kingman and Heritage Islands by the District of Columbia to include recreational, environmental, or educational purposes in accordance with the Anacostia Waterfront Framework Plan and the Comprehensive Plan; Whereas Congress passed the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 ( Public Law 110–114 ), which required the Secretary of the Army, in coordination with the Mayor of the District of Columbia, the Governor of Maryland, the county executives of Montgomery County and Prince George's County, Maryland, and other interested entities, to develop a 10-year comprehensive action plan to provide for the restoration and protection of the ecological integrity of the Anacostia River and its tributaries; Whereas, in July 2018, the Washington Nationals will host the Major League Baseball All-Star Game and related events at Nationals Park on the banks of the Anacostia River; Whereas, in 2018, D.C. United will open a new soccer stadium a short distance from the Anacostia River; Whereas, in 2018, the District of Columbia Department of Energy and Environment will release its Feasibility Study Report for the Anacostia River Sediment Project, which will evaluate potential actions for the remediation of toxic chemicals in and along the Anacostia River; Whereas the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority began operations of the Anacostia River Tunnel in 2018, which, along with the Blue Plains Tunnel at Poplar Point, is expected to reduce combined sewer overflows into the Anacostia River by over 80 percent and improve the water quality of the river; Whereas thanks in large part to policies adopted by the District of Columbia government and challenging work undertaken by many local private-sector partners, the water quality of the Anacostia River has improved markedly in recent years