[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2004 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2004

To amend section 320301 of title 54, United States Code, to modify the 
  authority of the President of the United States to declare national 
                   monuments, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 6, 2015

   Mr. Lee (for himself, Mr. Hatch, and Mr. Barrasso) 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 amend section 320301 of title 54, United States Code, to modify the 
  authority of the President of the United States to declare 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. AMENDMENT TO AUTHORITY TO DECLARE NATIONAL MONUMENTS.

    Section 320301 of title 54, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Effective Date.--A proclamation or reservation under 
subsection (a) or (b) shall expire 3 years after proclaimed or reserved 
unless specifically approved by--
            ``(1) a Federal law enacted after the date of the 
        proclamation or reservation; and
            ``(2) a State law, for each State where the land covered by 
        the proclamation or reservation is located, enacted after the 
        date of the proclamation or reservation.''.
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