119-hr2645

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2645 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2645

 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

 April 3, 2025

Mrs. Miller-Meeks (for herself, Mr. Newhouse, and Mr. Bentz) 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.
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        (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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