,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ccj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #ac1 #bjae  
,mr4 ,young of ,alaska introduced the   
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,natural ,resources   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ed1 ,united 
,states ,code1 to provide for           
congressional approval of national      
monuments and restrictions on the use of
 national monuments1 to establish       
requirements for declaration of marine  
national monuments1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,marine ,access and 
,state ,transparency or the ,,mast ,act 
4  #b4 ,congressional authorization of  
declarations of national monuments and  
restrictions on public use  7a7         
,declarations of national monuments     
,section #cbjcja of title #ed1 ,united  
,states ,code1 is amended--  7#a7 in    
subsection 7a71 by striking ,the        
,president may and inserting ,after     
obtaining congressional approval of a   

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        
monument1 and subject to subsection 7e71
 the ,president may2 and  7#b7 by adding
 at the end the following3  7e7         
,requirements for declarations of marine
 national monuments  7#a7 ,requirements 
,the ,president may not declare any area
 of the exclusive economic zone to be a 
national monument unless--  7,a7 such   
declaration is specifically authorized  
by an ,act of ,congress2  7,b7 the      
,president has submitted a proposal to  
make such declaration to the ,governor  
of each ,state1 and of each territory1  
any part of which is located within #ajj
 nautical miles of that area2  7,c7 each
 such ,governor submits to the          
,president notice that the legislature  
of that ,state or territory has approved
 the proposal2 and  7,d7 the declaration
 is substantially the same as the       

proposal4  7#b7 ,exclusive economic zone
 defined ,in this subsection the term   
exclusive economic zone means the zone  
established by ,proclamation ,numbered  
#ejcj1 dated ,march #aj1 #aihc4  4  7b7 
,restrictions on public use ,chapter    
#cbjc of title #ed1 ,united ,states     
,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 by adding at   
the end the following3  #cbjcjd4        
,restrictions on public use ,the        
,secretary of the ,interior1 and the    
,secretary of ,commerce with respect to 
any area of the exclusive economic zone 
7as defined in section #cbjcja7;e77     
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 such           
,secretary7 providing for public input  
and congressional approval4  2 and  7#b7
 in the analysis at the beginning of the
 chapter1 by adding at the end the      
following3  #cbjcjd4 ,restrictions on   
public use4  4