[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4118 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4118

To amend the Antiquities Act to limit the authority of the President to 
designate areas in excess of 5,000 acres as national monuments, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 19, 1996

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Antiquities Act to limit the authority of the President to 
designate areas in excess of 5,000 acres as 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. LIMITATION OF ANTIQUITIES ACT AUTHORITY.

    Section 2 of the Act of June 8, 1906 (34 Stat. 225; 16 U.S.C 431, 
432, 433), commonly known as the Antiquities Act, is amended by adding 
the following at the end thereof: ``The President may not exercise the 
authority of this section to declare any area in excess of 5,000 acres 
to be a national monument.''

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE OF AMENDMENT.

    The amendment made by section 1 of this Act shall apply with 
respect to any proclamation issued by the President after January 1, 
1996.
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