[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1127 Referred in Senate (RFS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1127


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 8, 1997

   Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 AN ACT


 
    To amend the Antiquities Act regarding the establishment by the 
                President of certain 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 Fairness Act of 
1997''.

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF NATIONAL MONUMENT STATUS AND 
              CONSULTATION.

    Section 2 of the Act of June 8, 1906, commonly referred to as the 
``Antiquities Act'' (34 Stat. 225; 16 U.S.C. 431) is amended by adding 
the following at the end thereof: ``A proclamation of the President 
under this section that results in the designation of a total acreage 
in excess of 50,000 acres in a single State in a single calendar year 
as a national monument may not be issued until 30 days after the 
President has transmitted the proposed proclamation to the Governor of 
the State in which such acreage is located and solicited such 
Governor's written comments, and any such proclamation shall cease to 
be effective on the date 2 years after issuance unless the Congress has 
approved such proclamation by joint resolution.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives October 7, 1997.

            Attest:

                                                ROBIN H. CARLE,

                                                                 Clerk.