,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bfjh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #ae1     
#bjad ,ms4 ,murkowski introduced the    
following bill2 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 monuments1 to       
establish requirements for the          
declaration of marine national          
monuments1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,improved ,national ,monument       
,designation ,process ,act4  #b4        
,designation of national monuments  ,the
 ,act of ,june #h1 #aijf 7commonly known
 as the ,antiquities ,act of #aijf7 7#af
 ,u4,s4,c4 #dca et seq471 is amended--  
7#a7 in section #b 7#af ,u4,s4,c4       
#dca7--  7,a7 by striking ,sec4 #b4     
,that the ,president is hereby          
authorized1 in his discretion to and    
inserting the following3  #b4           

,designation of national monuments  7a7 
,in general  ,after obtaining           
congressional approval of the proposed  
national monument and certifying        
compliance with the ,national           
,environmental ,policy ,act of #aifi    
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dcba et seq47 with      
respect to the proposed national        
monument and subject to subsection 7b71 
the ,president may  2 and  7,b7 by      
adding at the end the following3  7b7   
,requirements for declaration of marine 
national monuments  7#a7 ,definition of 
exclusive economic zone ,in this        
subsection1 the term exclusive economic 
zone means the zone established by      
,proclamation ,number #ejcj1 dated      
,march #aj1 #aihc 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #adec  
note74  7#b7  ,requirements  ,the       
,president may not declare any area of  
the exclusive economic zone to be a     
national monument unless--  7,a7 the    
declaration is specifically authorized  
by an ,act of ,congress2  7,b7 the      
,president has submitted to the         

,governor of each ,state and each       
territory1 any part of which is located 
within #ajj nautical miles of the       
proposed national monument1 a proposal  
to make the declaration2  7,c7 the      
,governor of each ,state and territory  
described in subparagraph 7,b7 submits  
to the ,president notice that the       
legislature of the ,state or territory  
has approved the proposal submitted     
under that paragraph2 and  7,d7 the     
declaration is substantially the same as
 the proposal submitted under           
subparagraph 7,b74  2 and  7#b7 by      
adding at the end the following3  #e4   
,restrictions on public use  ,the       
,secretary of the ,interior1 or the     
,secretary of ,commerce1 with respect to
 any area of the exclusive economic zone
 7as defined in section #b7;b77#a77     
designated as a national monument1 shall
 not implement any restrictions on the  
public use of a national monument until 
the expiration of an appropriate review 
period 7as determined by the ,secretary 

of the ,interior or the ,secretary of   
,commerce1 as applicable7 providing for 
public input and congressional approval4
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