Bill > S220

This bill seeks to modify the Antiquities Act, a law that currently allows the President to unilaterally establish national monuments, by requiring explicit Congressional approval for creating or expanding such monuments. Specifically, the bill would amend Section 320301 of Title 54 of the United States Code to state that national monuments can only be established or extended through a direct act of Congress, effectively removing the President's existing executive authority to designate new national monuments or enlarge existing ones. The bill, titled the "Ending Presidential Overreach on Public Lands Act," aims to shift the power of designating national monuments from the executive branch to the legislative branch, ensuring that decisions about preserving federal lands require broader legislative consensus and deliberation.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/220/all-info