Preserving State Rights Act

Preserving State Rights Act

This bill allows a proclamation designating a national monument only for those approved by the state legislature and the governor of each state in which the national monument would be located.

[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4132 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4132

  To amend section 320301 of title 54, Unites States Code, to require 
approval of affected States before national monuments may be designated 
              under that section, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 30, 2015

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend section 320301 of title 54, Unites States Code, to require 
approval of affected States before national monuments may be designated 
              under that section, 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 ``Preserving State Rights Act''.

SEC. 2. CONDITION FOR PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION OF NATIONAL MONUMENTS.

    Section 320301 of title 54, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``The President'' and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the 
        President''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Conditions.--Proclamations may be made under 
        paragraph (1) only for national monuments that have been 
        approved by the State legislature and the Governor of each 
        State in which the national monument would be located.''.
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