[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 83 (Wednesday, May 25, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3205]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4181. Mr. FLAKE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
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 I of title X of division A, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 1097. 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 the proclamation includes language that 
     ensures that the establishment of the national monument would 
     not place any new limits on--
       ``(1) any flight operations of military aircraft;
       ``(2) the designation of a new unit of special use 
     airspace;
       ``(3) the use or establishment of military flight training 
     routes; or
       ``(4) air or ground access for--
       ``(A) emergency response;
       ``(B) electronic tracking and communications;
       ``(C) landing and drop zones; or
       ``(D) readiness training by the Air Force, joint forces, 
     and coalition forces, including training using motorized 
     vehicles on- or off-road, in accordance with applicable 
     interagency agreements.''.
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