[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 26, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4414-S4415]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3087. Mr. RISCH (for himself and Mr. Crapo) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2, to provide for the 
reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the 
Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2023, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle E of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 125___. DESIGNATION OF NATIONAL MONUMENTS.

       Section 320301 of title 54, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``The President may'' 
     and inserting ``After obtaining congressional approval of the 
     proposed national monument, certifying compliance with the 
     National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 
     seq.) with respect to

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     the proposed national monument, and determining that the 
     State in which the proposed national monument is to be 
     located has enacted legislation approving the designation of 
     the proposed national monument, the President may''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(e) Restrictions on Public Use.--The Secretary shall not 
     implement any restrictions on the public use of a national 
     monument until the expiration of an appropriate review period 
     (as determined by the Secretary) providing for public input 
     and congressional approval.''.
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