US Congress Senate Bill 2608 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on July 15 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-07-15 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Pending: Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Improved National Monument Designation Process Act - Amends the Antiquities Act of 1906 to bar the President from declaring any area of the exclusive economic zone to be a national monument unless: the declaration is specifically authorized by an Act of Congress; the President has submitted a proposal to make such declaration to the governor of each state, and of each territory, any part of which is located within 100 nautical miles of the proposed national monument; each governor submits to the President a notice that the legislature of that state or territory has approved the proposal; and the declaration is substantially the same as the proposal. Prohibits the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, with respect to any area of the exclusive economic zone that is designated as a national monument, from implementing any restrictions on the public use of such a national monument until the expiration of a review period providing for public input and congressional approval.

Improved National Monument Designation Process Act

Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]

Sen. Tim Scott [R-SC]

Sen. David Vitter [R-LA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-07-15	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

HB4988 (Related) 2014-07-07 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/2608/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s2608/BILLS-113s2608is.pdf