To amend the Antiquities Act of 1906 to place additional requirements on the establishment of national monuments under that Act, and for other purposes.

Amends the Antiquities Act of 1906 to require, in addition to a presidential declaration, congressional approval prior to the establishment of a national monument.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 250 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 250

 To amend the Antiquities Act of 1906 to place additional requirements 
  on the establishment of national monuments under that Act, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 15, 2013

 Mr. Chaffetz introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Antiquities Act of 1906 to place additional requirements 
  on the establishment of national monuments under that Act, 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. REQUIREMENT FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL MONUMENT.

    Section 2 of the Act of June 8, 1906 (commonly known as the 
``Antiquities Act of 1906''; 16 U.S.C. 431) is amended by striking ``, 
in his discretion, to declare by public proclamation'' and inserting `` 
to declare, subject to approval by an Act of Congress,''.
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