[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 845 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 845

    To prohibit the further extension or establishment of national 
monuments in Montana, except by express authorization of Congress, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 1, 2011

 Mr. Rehberg 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 Montana, except by express authorization of Congress, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Montana Land Sovereignty Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON NEW NATIONAL MONUMENTS IN MONTANA WITHOUT 
              CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL.

    This 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 Montana'' after ``Wyoming''.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON NEW WILD LANDS IN MONTANA WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL 
              APPROVAL.

    The Bureau of Land Management shall not implement, administer, or 
enforce Secretarial Order No. 3310, issued by the Secretary of the 
Interior on December 22, 2010, on any lands in Montana, except by 
Congressional approval.
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