[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2608 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2608

    To provide for congressional approval of national monuments and 
      restrictions on the use of national monuments, to establish 
requirements for the declaration of marine national monuments, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 15, 2014

 Ms. Murkowski 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, to establish 
requirements for the declaration of marine 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Improved National Monument 
Designation Process Act''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF NATIONAL MONUMENTS.

    The Act of June 8, 1906 (commonly known as the ``Antiquities Act of 
1906'') (16 U.S.C. 431 et seq.), is amended--
            (1) in section 2 (16 U.S.C. 431)--
                    (A) by striking ``sec. 2. That the President is 
                hereby authorized, in his discretion to'' and inserting 
                the following:

``SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF NATIONAL MONUMENTS.

    ``(a) In General.--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 and subject to subsection (b), the 
President may''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Requirements for Declaration of Marine National Monuments.--
            ``(1) Definition of exclusive economic zone.--In this 
        subsection, the term `exclusive economic zone' means the zone 
        established by Proclamation Number 5030, dated March 10, 1983 
        (16 U.S.C. 1453 note).
            ``(2) Requirements.--The President may not declare any area 
        of the exclusive economic zone to be a national monument 
        unless--
                    ``(A) the declaration is specifically authorized by 
                an Act of Congress;
                    ``(B) the President has submitted to the Governor 
                of each State and each territory, any part of which is 
                located within 100 nautical miles of the proposed 
                national monument, a proposal to make the declaration;
                    ``(C) the Governor of each State and territory 
                described in subparagraph (B) submits to the President 
                notice that the legislature of the State or territory 
                has approved the proposal submitted under that 
                paragraph; and
                    ``(D) the declaration is substantially the same as 
                the proposal submitted under subparagraph (B).''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 5. RESTRICTIONS ON PUBLIC USE.

    ``The Secretary of the Interior, or the Secretary of Commerce, with 
respect to any area of the exclusive economic zone (as defined in 
section 2(b)(1)) designated as a national monument, 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 or the Secretary of Commerce, as applicable) 
providing for public input and congressional approval.''.
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