[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2074 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2074

   To amend chapter 3203 of title 54, United States Code, to require 
  compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 as a 
          condition on the designation of national monuments.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 6, 2017

  Mr. Walden introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend chapter 3203 of title 54, United States Code, to require 
  compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 as a 
          condition on the designation 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 ``Public Input for National Monuments 
Act''.

SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT OF 1969 TO 
              DESIGNATION OF NATIONAL MONUMENTS.

    Section 320301 of title 54, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(e) Compliance With National Environmental Policy Act.--The 
designation of a national monument under this chapter is a major 
Federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human 
environment, and the President shall certify compliance with the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) as a 
condition on the President's discretion under subsection (a).''.
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