[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 220 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 220

To reserve to Congress the authority to establish or extend a national 
                               monument.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 23, 2025

  Mr. Lee (for himself and Mr. Curtis) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To reserve to Congress the authority to establish or extend a national 
                               monument.

    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 ``Ending Presidential Overreach on 
Public Lands Act''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL MONUMENTS.

    Section 320301 of title 54, United States Code (commonly referred 
to as the ``Antiquities Act''), is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 320301. National monuments
    ``The establishment or extension of a national monument may be 
undertaken only by express authorization of Congress.''.
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