National Monument Designation Transparency and Accountability Act of 2015

National Monument Designation Transparency and Accountability Act of 2015

This bill requires the President, before a national monument can be designated on public land, to obtain congressional approval, certify compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and determine that the state in which the monument is to be located has enacted legislation approving its designation.

The Department of the Interior may not implement restrictions on the public use of a national monument until the expiration of an appropriate review period providing for public input and congressional approval.

[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 900 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 900

To amend title 54, United States Code, to provide for congressional and 
  State approval of national monuments and restrictions on the use of 
                          national monuments.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 11, 2015

 Mr. Labrador (for himself, Mrs. Radewagen, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Benishek, 
  Mr. Cook, Mr. Gosar, and Mr. Pearce) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 54, United States Code, to provide for congressional and 
  State approval of national monuments and restrictions on the use of 
                          national monuments.

    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 ``National Monument Designation 
Transparency and Accountability Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF NATIONAL MONUMENTS.

    Section 320301 of title 54, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``The President may'' 
        and inserting ``After obtaining congressional approval of the 
        proposed national monument, certifying compliance with the 
        National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 
        seq.) with respect to the proposed national monument, and 
        determining that the State in which the proposed national 
        monument is to be located has enacted legislation approving the 
        designation of the proposed national monument, the President 
        may''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Restrictions on Public Use.--The Secretary shall not 
implement any restrictions on the public use of a national monument 
until the expiration of an appropriate review period (as determined by 
the Secretary) providing for public input and congressional 
approval.''.
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