[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 89 (Thursday, June 4, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3813]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1715. Mr. FLAKE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to 
prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1085. RESTRICTIONS ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL 
                   MONUMENTS.

       Section 320301 of title 54, United States Code, is amended 
     by adding at the end the following:
       ``(e) Restrictions on the Establishment of National 
     Monuments in Military Operations Areas.--The President shall 
     not establish a national monument under this section on land 
     that is located under the lateral boundaries of a military 
     operations area (as the term is defined in section 1.1 of 
     title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor 
     regulations)), unless--
       ``(1) the proclamation includes language that ensures that 
     the establishment of the national monument would not place 
     any new limits on--
       ``(A) low-level overflights of military aircraft;
       ``(B) the designation of a new unit of special use 
     airspace;
       ``(C) the use or establishment of a military flight 
     training route;
       ``(D) any flight operations of military aircraft; or
       ``(E) any ground-based operations in support of military 
     flight operations; and
       ``(2) the Secretary of Defense certifies that the 
     establishment of the national monument--
       ``(A) would not negatively impact any military flight 
     operations in airspace above the national monument; and
       ``(B) would not reduce the ability of any ground-based 
     operations in support of military flight operations.''.
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