[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5499 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5499

 To amend the Antiquities Act to increase congressional oversight with 
    respect to the designation of national monuments, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 14, 2023

     Mrs. Miller-Meeks (for herself, Mr. Curtis, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. 
Reschenthaler, Mr. McClintock, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Bentz, Mr. Rosendale, Mr. 
Owens, Mr. Rose, Mrs. Hinson, and Mr. Hudson) introduced the following 
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Antiquities Act to increase congressional oversight with 
    respect to the designation of national monuments, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Congressional Oversight of the 
Antiquities Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO ANTIQUITIES ACT.

    Section 320301 of title 54, United States Code (commonly referred 
to as the ``Antiquities Act''), is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections 
        (d) and (e), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
    ``(c) Limitations.--
            ``(1) In general.--Unless extended or modified by statute, 
        the establishment of a national monument under subsection (a) 
        or reservation of a parcel of land under subsection (b) shall 
        be effective only until the earlier of the following:
                    ``(A) The date that is 6 months after the date of 
                the establishment or reservation.
                    ``(B) The last day of the Congress sitting at the 
                time of the establishment or reservation.
            ``(2) Limitation on future monuments.--If a national 
        monument established under subsection (a) or reservation of a 
        parcel of land made under subsection (b) is not extended or 
        modified during the effective period described in paragraph 
        (1), or is otherwise rejected by statute, the land or property 
        included within the boundaries of such national monument or 
        parcel of land may not be included in the extension or 
        establishment of a national monument under this section for a 
        period of 25 years.''.
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