119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 521


To reserve to Congress the authority to establish or extend a national monument.


IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 16, 2025

Ms. Maloy (for herself, Mr. Amodei of Nevada, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Moore of Utah, Mr. Begich, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Stauber, Mrs. Fischbach, Mr. Estes, Mr. Owens, Mr. Kennedy of Utah, and Mr. Fong) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources


A BILL

To reserve to Congress the authority to establish or extend a national monument.

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 “Ending Presidential Overreach on Public Lands Act”.

SEC. 2. National monuments.

Section 320301 of title 54, United States Code (commonly referred to as the “Antiquities Act”), is amended to read as follows:

§ 320301. National monuments

“The establishment or extension of a national monument may be undertaken only by express authorization of Congress.”.