,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the 
,,united ,,states  ,january #e1         
#bjag,ms4 ,murkowski 7for herself1 ,mr4 
,sullivan1 ,mr4 ,daines1 ,mr4 ,hatch1   
,mr4 ,heller1 ,mr4 ,flake1 ,mr4 ,lee1   
,mr4 ,mc,cain1 ,mr4 ,risch1 ,mr4        
,grassley1 ,mr4 ,tillis1 ,mr4           
,mc,connell1 ,mr4 ,blunt1 ,mr4 ,inhofe1 
,mr4 ,johnson1 ,mr4 ,cruz1 ,mrs4        
,capito1 ,mr4 ,wicker1 ,mr4 ,sessions1  
,mr4 ,rubio1 ,mr4 ,cassidy1 ,mr4 ,crapo1
 ,mr4 ,roberts1 ,mr4 ,cochran1 and ,mr4 
,rounds7 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  
7a7 ,in general ,section #cbjcja of     
title #ed1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended--  7#a7 in subsection 7a71 by   
striking ,the ,president may1 in the    
,president's discretion and inserting   
the following3 ,after obtaining         
congressional approval of the proposed  
national monument1 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         
receiving from the ,governor of each    
,state in which the proposed national   
monument is to be located notice that   
the ,state legislature has enacted      
legislation approving the designation of
 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 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 certified compliance with
 the ,national ,environmental ,policy   
,act of #aifi 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dcba et   
seq47 with respect to the proposed      
national monument2  7,c7 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,d7 the ,governor of each ,state and   
territory described in subparagraph 7,c7
 submits to the ,president notice that  
the legislature of the ,state or        
territory has approved the proposal     

submitted under that paragraph2 and     
7,e7 the declaration is substantially   
the same as the proposal submitted under
 subparagraph 7,c74  4  7b7             
,restrictions on public use ,section    
#cbjcjc of title #ed1 ,united ,states   
,code1 is amended--  7#a7 by striking   
,the ,secretary1 and inserting the      
following3  7a7 ,in general ,the        
,secretary1  2 and  7#b7 by adding at   
the end the following3  7b7             
,restrictions on public use ,the        
,secretary1 or the ,secretary of        
,commerce1 with respect to any area of  
the exclusive economic zone 7as defined 
in section #cbjcja7;e77#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 
or the ,secretary of ,commerce1 as      
applicable7 providing for public input  
and congressional approval4  4