[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 90 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 90

 To limit the establishment or extension of national monuments in the 
                             State of Utah.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 10, 2019

  Mr. Lee (for himself and Mr. Romney) 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 limit the establishment or extension of national monuments in the 
                             State of Utah.

    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 ``Protect Utah's Rural Economy Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OR EXTENSION OF NATIONAL 
              MONUMENTS IN THE STATE OF UTAH.

    Section 320301 of title 54, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Limitation on the Establishment or Extension of National 
Monuments in the State of Utah.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this section, the President may not establish or extend a national 
monument in the State of Utah (referred to in this subsection as the 
`State') unless--
            ``(1) the extension or establishment has been authorized by 
        an Act of Congress; and
            ``(2) the President has received from the Governor of the 
        State notice that the State legislature has enacted legislation 
        approving the proposed establishment or extension.''.
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