[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 477 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 477

  To amend the Antiquities Act to require an Act of Congress and the 
   consultation with the Governor and State legislature prior to the 
establishment by the President of national monuments in excess of 5,000 
                                 acres.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 19, 1997

Mr. Hatch (for himself and Mr. Bennett) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Antiquities Act to require an Act of Congress and the 
   consultation with the Governor and State legislature prior to the 
establishment by the President of national monuments in excess of 5,000 
                                 acres.

    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. CONSULTATION WITH THE GOVERNOR AND STATE LEGISLATURE.

    Section 2 of the Act of June 8, 1906, commonly referred to as the 
``Antiquities Act'' (34 Stat. 225; 16 U.S.C. 432) is amended by adding 
the following at the end thereof: ``A proclamation under this section 
issued by the President to declare any area in excess of 5,000 acres to 
be a national monument shall not be final and effective unless and 
until the Secretary of the Interior submits the Presidential 
proclamation to Congress as a proposal and the proposal is passed as a 
law pursuant to the procedures set forth in article 1 of the United 
States Constitution. Prior to the submission of the proposed 
proclamation to Congress, the Secretary of the Interior shall consult 
with and obtain the written comments of the Governor of the State in 
which the area is located. The Governor shall have 90 days to respond 
to the consultation concerning the area's proposed monument status. The 
proposed proclamation shall be submitted to Congress 90 days after 
receipt of the Governor's written comments or 180 days from the date of 
the consultation if no comments were received.''.
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