[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5135 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5135

To provide for congressional approval of national monuments in Oregon, 
 restrictions on the use of national monuments, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 22, 2010

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for congressional approval of national monuments in Oregon, 
 restrictions on the use of 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 ON FURTHER EXTENSION OR ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL 
              MONUMENTS IN OREGON.

    The proviso of the last sentence of the first section of the Act of 
September 14, 1950 (64 Stat. 849, chapter 950; 16 U.S.C. 431a), is 
amended by inserting ``or Oregon'' after ``Wyoming''.

SEC. 2. CONDITIONS ON THE EXTENSION OR ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL 
              MONUMENTS.

    The Act of June 8, 1906 (16 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 2 (16 U.S.C. 431), by striking ``sec. 2. 
        That the'' and inserting the following:

``SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF NATIONAL MONUMENTS.

    ``After obtaining congressional approval of the proposed national 
monument and certifying compliance with the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) with respect to the 
proposed national monument, the''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 5. RESTRICTIONS ON PUBLIC USE.

    ``The Secretary of the Interior shall not implement any 
restrictions on the public use of a national monument until the 
expiration of an appropriate review period (as determined by the 
Secretary of the Interior) providing for public input and congressional 
approval.''.
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