119-hr5279

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5279 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 5279

To establish the Southern Border Wall National Monument, and for other 
 purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 September 10, 2025

 Mr. Mills (for himself and Mr. Moore of Alabama) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
 Resources

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 A BILL

To establish the Southern Border Wall National Monument, 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 DON-ument Act''.

SEC. 2. SOUTHERN BORDER WALL NATIONAL MONUMENT.

    (a) Establishment.--There is hereby established, in the States of 
California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, the Southern Border Wall 
National Monument to protect the southern border wall from alteration.

    (b) Area Included.--The National Monument shall consist of portions 
of the southern border wall and lands and interests therein comprising 
approximately 289,920 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled 
``_________'', numbered ________, and dated __________.
            (c) Map.--The map referred to in subsection

    (b) shall be on file 
and available for public inspection in the offices of the Bureau of 
Land Management, Department of the Interior.
            (d) Administration.--

    (1) In general.--The Secretary, acting through the Director 
 of the Bureau of Land Management, shall administer the National 
 Monument.

    (2) Administrative jurisdiction.--The Secretary shall 
 establish administrative jurisdiction over portions of the 
 southern border wall within the National Monument as necessary 
 to carry out this Act by entering into memoranda of 
 understanding with the following:
        (A) The head of each Federal department or agency 
 with administrative jurisdiction over land within the 
 National Monument on which portions of the southern 
 border wall are located.
        (B) The governing body of each Indian Tribe with 
 administrative jurisdiction over land within the 
 National Monument on which portions of the southern 
 border wall are located.

    (e) Management Plan.--

    (1) Deadline for completion.--Not later than 3 years after 
 the date on which funds are first made available to the 
 Secretary for the preparation of a general management plan for 
 the National Monument, the Secretary shall prepare a general 
 management plan for the National Monument.

    (2) Submission to congress.--On completion of the general 
 management plan under paragraph

    (1) , the Secretary shall submit 
 to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
 Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
 Resources of the Senate the general management plan under such 
 paragraph.

    (f) 

=== Definitions. ===
-In this section:

    (1) National monument.--The term ``National Monument'' 
 means the Southern Border Wall National Monument established in 
 subsection

    (a) .

    (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
 of the Interior.

    (3) Southern border wall.--The term ``southern border 
 wall'' means any portion of a physical wall constructed 
 pursuant to Federal law or Executive order to serve as a 
 barrier along the United States border with Mexico.
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