[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 228 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 228

To amend title 54, United States Code, to provide for congressional and 
  State approval of national monuments and restrictions on the use of 
                          national monuments.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 21, 2015

   Mr. Crapo (for himself, Mr. Vitter, and Mr. Risch) 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 title 54, United States Code, to provide for congressional and 
  State 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 Monument Designation 
Transparency and Accountability Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF NATIONAL MONUMENTS.

    Section 320301 of title 54, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``The President may'' 
        and inserting ``After obtaining congressional approval of the 
        proposed national monument, 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 
        determining that the State in which the proposed national 
        monument is to be located has enacted legislation approving the 
        designation of the proposed national monument, the President 
        may''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Restrictions on Public Use.--The Secretary 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) providing for public input and congressional 
approval.''.
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