116 S367 IS: America’s Natural Treasures of Immeasurable Quality Unite, Inspire, and Together Improve the Economies of States Act U.S. Senate 2019-02-07 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

II 116th CONGRESS1st Session S. 367 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 7, 2019 Mr. Udall (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Booker, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Harris, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Leahy, Ms. Smith, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Heinrich, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Merkley, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Murphy, and Mr. Bennet) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To provide for the administration of certain national monuments, to establish a National Monument Enhancement Fund, and to establish certain wilderness areas in the States of New Mexico and Nevada.

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Short title; table of contents

(a)

Short title

This Act may be cited as the America’s Natural Treasures of Immeasurable Quality Unite, Inspire, and Together Improve the Economies of States Act or the ANTIQUITIES Act. (b)

Table of contents

The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Findings. TITLE I—Administration of certain national monuments Sec. 101. Definitions. Sec. 102. Administration of covered national monuments. Sec. 103. Description of covered national monuments. TITLE II—National Monument Enhancement Fund Sec. 201. Establishment of Fund. Sec. 202. Authorization of appropriations. TITLE III—Establishment of certain wilderness areas in the State of New Mexico Sec. 301. Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks conservation. Sec. 302. Cerro del Yuta and Río San Antonio Wilderness Areas. TITLE IV—Designation of wilderness areas in Clark County, Nevada Sec. 401. Findings. Sec. 402. Definitions. Sec. 403. Additions to National Wilderness Preservation System. Sec. 404. Administration. Sec. 405. Adjacent management. Sec. 406. Military, law enforcement, and emergency overflights. Sec. 407. Release of wilderness study areas. Sec. 408. Native American cultural and religious uses. Sec. 409. Wildlife management. Sec. 410. Wildfire, insect, and disease management. Sec. 411. Climatological data collection.

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Findings

Congress finds that— (1)as established by Federal law, a national monument may only be reduced, diminished, or revoked by an Act of Congress; (2)the national monuments under review under Executive Order 13792 (82 Fed. Reg. 20429 (May 1, 2017)) have delivered economic, cultural, and ecological benefits to local communities and the United States; and (3)legislative actions subsequent to Presidential declarations, such as the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 991), have ratified certain national monuments under review and other national monuments.