[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 472 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 472

    To provide for congressional approval of national monuments and 
             restrictions on the use of national monuments.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 25, 2009

Mr. Vitter (for himself, Mr. Shelby, and Mrs. Hutchison) 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 provide for congressional approval of national monuments and 
             restrictions on the use of 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 Monuments Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION 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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