[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2147 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2147

    To prohibit the further extension or establishment of national 
     monuments in Utah except by express authorization of Congress.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 13, 2011

   Mr. Bishop of Utah (for himself and Mr. Chaffetz) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
                               Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To prohibit the further extension or establishment of national 
     monuments in Utah except by express authorization of Congress.

    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 ``Utah Land Sovereignty Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON FURTHER EXTENSION OR ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL 
              MONUMENTS IN UTAH.

    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 Utah'' after ``Wyoming''.
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