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113th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 104
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 23
(legislative day, January 3), 2013
Mr. Vitter introduced
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources
A BILL
To provide for congressional approval of national
monuments and restrictions on the use of national monuments.
1.
Short
title
This Act may be cited as
the National Monuments Act of
2011.
2.
Designation of
national monuments
The Act of
June 8, 1906 (16 U.S.C. 431 et seq.), is amended—
(1) in section 2 (16 U.S.C. 431), by striking
Sec. 2.
That the and inserting the following:
2.
Designation of
national monuments
After
obtaining congressional approval of the proposed national monument and
certifying compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) with
respect to the proposed national monument,
the
;
and
(2) by adding at the
end the following:
5.
Restrictions on
public use
The Secretary of
the Interior 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 of the Interior) providing for public input and
congressional
approval.
.