HR 1459 · 113th Congress · Public Lands and Natural Resources
Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act
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EnactedLatest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.(2014-03-27)
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Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act - Amends the Antiquities Act of 1906 to subject national monument declarations by the President to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). Prohibits: (1) the President from making more than one such declaration in a state during any presidential four-year term of office without an express Act of Congress, or (2) such a declaration from including private property without the informed written consent of the affected private property owner. Requires such a declaration: (1) to be considered a major federal action under NEPA if it affects more than 5,000 acres; (2) to be categorically excluded under NEPA and to expire three years after the date of the declaration (unless specifically designated as a monument by federal law) if it affects 5,000 acres or less; and (3) to be followed by a feasibility study that includes an estimate of the costs associated with managing the monument in perpetuity, including any loss of federal and state revenue.…
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Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 1459, Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act
Aug 27, 2013As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 24, 2013
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