[Congressional Bills 113th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 1512 Introduced in House (IH)] 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1512 To prohibit the further extension or establishment of national monuments in New Mexico except by express authorization of Congress. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 11, 2013 Mr. Pearce introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To prohibit the further extension or establishment of national monuments in New Mexico except by express authorization of Congress. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``New Mexico Land Sovereignty Act''. SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON FURTHER EXTENSION OR ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL MONUMENTS IN NEW MEXICO. This proviso of the last sentence of the first section of the Act of September 14, 1950 (64 Stat. 849, chapter 950; 16 U.S.C. 431a), is amended by inserting ``or New Mexico'' after ``Wyoming''. <all>