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Congressional Oversight of the Antiquities Act
To amend the Antiquities Act to increase congressional oversight with respect to the designation of national monuments, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill would amend the Antiquities Act to increase congressional oversight of national monument designations. Under the bill, a national monument established by the President would automatically expire unless Congress extends or modifies it, either within 6 months of designation or before the current Congress adjourns, whichever comes first. If a monument expires without congressional action, the same land cannot be designated as a national monument again for 25 years. The changes would require congressional approval to make national monument designations permanent beyond the initial expiration period.
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Sponsor (1)
2 cosponsors
- Rep. Bentz, Cliff [R-OR-2] (R-OR)
- Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4] (R-WA)
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Actions (2)
- Apr 3, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. · house
- Apr 3, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 3, 2025
Mrs. Miller-Meeks (for herself, Mr. Newhouse, and Mr. Bentz) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
A BILL
To amend the Antiquities Act to increase congressional oversight with respect to the designation of national monuments, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Congressional Oversight of the Antiquities Act”.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO ANTIQUITIES ACT.
Section 320301 of title 54, United States Code (commonly referred to as the “Antiquities Act”), is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections
(d) and (e), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
“(c) Limitations.—
“(1) In general.—Unless extended or modified by statute, the establishment of a national monument under subsection (a) or reservation of a parcel of land under subsection (b) shall be effective only until the earlier of the following:
“(A) The date that is 6 months after the date of the establishment or reservation.
“(B) The last day of the Congress sitting at the time of the establishment or reservation.
“(2) Limitation on future monuments.—If a national monument established under subsection (a) or reservation of a parcel of land made under subsection (b) is not extended or modified during the effective period described in paragraph
(1), or is otherwise rejected by statute, the land or property included within the boundaries of such national monument or parcel of land may not be included in the extension or establishment of a national monument under this section for a period of 25 years.”. <all>
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