[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4242 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4242

  To amend the Act commonly known as the ``Antiquities Act'' to limit 
further extension or establishment of national monuments in California.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 27, 1996

Mr. Doolittle (for himself, Mr. Herger, Mrs. Seastrand, Mr. Pombo, Mr. 
 Calvert, Mr. Packard, Mr. Dornan, Mr. Cunningham, Mrs. Chenoweth, and 
Mr. Cooley of Oregon) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                     to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Act commonly known as the ``Antiquities Act'' to limit 
further extension or establishment of national monuments in California.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON FURTHER EXTENSION OR ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL 
              MONUMENTS IN CALIFORNIA.

    The Act entitled ``An Act for the preservation of American 
antiquities'', approved June 8, 1906 (16 U.S.C. 431 et seq.; commonly 
known as the ``Antiquities Act''), is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section:
    ``Sec. 5. After the effective date of this section, no extension or 
establishment of any national monument in California may be undertaken 
except by express authorization of Congress.''.
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