By Darrell Conner, Michael Scanlon, Mark Ruge, James Sartucci and Brody Garland (January 9, 2019, 1:23 PM EST) -- On Tuesday, Dec. 4, President Donald Trump signed the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018 into law. The legislation, S.140, had previously passed with an overwhelming majority in the Senate and unanimously in the House. The bill's enactment marks a successful compromise in a protracted struggle over the legislation's commercial vessel incidental discharge provisions. Negotiations had played out over the course of many months, with Senate Democrats citing objections to language within the section of the bill pertaining to the Vessel Incidental Discharge Act, or VIDA (Title IX of S.140)....