US Congress House Bill 4988 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 17-0)
Status: Introduced on June 26 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-07-07 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Marine Access and State Transparency or the MAST 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: such 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 such area; each such 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 and 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 an appropriate review period providing for public input and congressional approval.

Marine Access and State Transparency

Rep. Steve Southerland [R-FL]	Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]	Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]	Rep. Ron DeSantis [R-FL]
Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]	Rep. Renee Ellmers [R-NC]	Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]	Rep. Andy Harris [R-MD]
Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA]	Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]	Rep. Jeff Miller [R-FL]
Rep. Reid Ribble [R-WI]	Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]	Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R-GA]	Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]
Rep. Don Young [R-AK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-07-07	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
2014-07-07	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
2014-06-26	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

SB2608 (Related) 2014-07-15 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4988/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr4988/BILLS-113hr4988ih.pdf