Bill > HR2645

This bill modifies the Antiquities Act, a law that allows the President to create national monuments on federal lands, by adding new limitations to presidential monument designation powers. Specifically, the bill stipulates that any new national monument established by the President will only remain in effect for 6 months or until the end of the current Congressional session, whichever comes first, unless Congress specifically extends or modifies the monument through legislation. Additionally, if Congress does not approve or extends the monument during that initial period, the same land cannot be included in a new national monument designation for 25 years. This represents a significant constraint on presidential authority to unilaterally create national monuments, effectively requiring congressional approval to make such designations permanent and preventing repeated attempts to establish monuments in the same area within a 25-year period. The bill aims to increase congressional oversight of monument creation and limit the executive branch's ability to independently protect federal lands.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2645/all-info