[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5635 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5635

 To nullify Presidential Proclamation 10606, establishing Baaj Nwaavjo 
    I'tah Kukveni-Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National 
 Monument and withdrawing certain land in Arizona from mineral entry, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 21, 2023

    Mr. Gosar (for himself, Mr. Crane, Mr. Biggs, and Mr. Newhouse) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To nullify Presidential Proclamation 10606, establishing Baaj Nwaavjo 
    I'tah Kukveni-Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National 
 Monument and withdrawing certain land in Arizona from mineral entry, 
                        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 ``Northern Arizona Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. RESTRICTION ON USE OF ANTIQUITIES ACT IN CERTAIN AREAS IN 
              ARIZONA.

    (a) Nullification of Presidential Proclamation.--Presidential 
Proclamation 10606 of August 8, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 55331, relating to 
the establishment of the Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni-Ancestral 
Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument), shall have no force 
or effect.
    (b) Restriction on Future Monument Designations.--No extension or 
establishment of national monuments within the area generally depicted 
as ``Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni--Ancestral Footprints of the Grand 
Canyon National Monument'' on the map titled ``Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah 
Kukveni--Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument'' 
and dated August 5, 2023, may be undertaken except by express 
authorization of Congress.
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