,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #adei  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #aj1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,bishop of ,utah 7for himself1 ,mr4
 ,gosar1 ,mr4 ,chaffetz1 ,mr4 ,walden1  
,mr4 ,pearce1 ,mrs4 ,lummis1 ,mr4       
,amodei1 and ,mr4 ,stewart7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,natural ,resources
  ,a ,,bill  ,to ensure that the        
,national ,environmental ,policy ,act of
 #aifi applies to the declaration of    
national monuments1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,ensuring ,public   
,involvement in the ,creation of        
,national ,monuments ,act4  #b4 ,,nepa  
applicability to national monument      
declarations ,section #b of the ,act of 
,june #h1 #aijf 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #dca2    
commonly known as the ,antiquities ,act 
of #aijf7 is amended--  7#a7 by striking
 ,that the ,president and inserting the 
following3  7a7 ,that the ,president  2 
7#b7 by striking discretion1 to declare 

and inserting discretion1 subject to the
 ,national ,environmental ,policy ,act  
of #aifi 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dcba et seq471 
to declare2  7#c7 by inserting before   
the final period the following 4 ,no    
more than one declaration shall be made 
in a ,state during any presidential     
four-year term of office without an     
express ,act of ,congress2 and  7#d7 by 
adding at the end the following3  7b7 ,a
 declaration under this section shall-- 
7#a7 not include private property       
without the informed written consent of 
the owner of the private property       
affected by the declaration2  7#b7 be   
considered a major ,federal action under
 the ,national ,environmental ,policy   
,act of #aifi 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dcba et   
seq471 if it affects more than #e1jjj   
acres2  7#c7 be categorically excluded  
under the ,national ,environmental      
,policy ,act of #aifi 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#dcba et seq47 and expire three years   
after the date of the declaration       
7unless specifically designated as a    

monument by ,federal law71 if it affects
 #e1jjj acres or less2 and  7#d7 be     
followed by a feasibility study that    
includes an estimate of the costs       
associated with managing the monument in
 perpetuity1 including any loss of      
,federal and ,state revenue1 which shall
 be submitted to the ,committee on      
,natural ,resources of the ,house of    
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,energy and ,natural ,resources of the  
,senate and made available on the       
website of the ,department of the       
,interior not later than one year after 
the date of the declaration4  4