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House Calendar No. 93 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 555 

[Report No. 115–364] 

Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of the Interior 

to transmit, respectively, certain documents and other information to 

the House of Representatives relating to the executive order on the 

review of designations under the Antiquities Act. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 4, 2017 

Mr. GRIJALVA (for himself, Ms. MOORE, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Ms. 

KAPTUR, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Ms. 

BORDALLO, Mr. GARAMENDI, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. POLIS, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. SOTO, Mr. 

MCEACHIN, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Mr. SABLAN, Mrs. 

TORRES, Ms. HANABUSA, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Mr. CLAY, Mr. GALLEGO, and 

Mr. BEYER) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources 

OCTOBER 23, 2017 

Additional sponsors: Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. PANETTA, Ms. TITUS, Mr. KIHUEN, Mrs. DEMINGS, Ms. ROSEN, Ms. LEE, 

Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. O’ROURKE, Mr. KHANNA, and Mr. NADLER

OCTOBER 23, 2017 

Reported adversely with an amendment, referred to the House Calendar and 

ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the resolving clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

RESOLUTION 

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retary of the Interior to transmit, respectively, certain 

documents and other information to the House of Representatives relating to the executive order on the review 

of designations under the Antiquities Act. 

1 Resolved, That the President is requested, and the 

2 Secretary of the Interior is directed, to transmit, to the 

3 extent that such documents are in the possession of the 

4 President or the Secretary, (in a manner appropriate to 

5 classified information, if the President determines appro6 priate) to the House of Representatives, not later than 14 

7 days after the date of the adoption of this resolution, cop8 ies of every document, map, survey, report, record, memo9 randum, call log, correspondence (electronic and other10 wise), and other communication or any portion of any such 

11 communication, that refers or relates to the executive 

12 order on the review of designations under the Antiquities 

13 Act (E.O. 13792, April, 26, 2017), including the following: 

14 (1) All documents and communications relating 

15 to the Secretary of the Interior’s review of all Presi16 dential designations or expansions of designations 

17 under the Antiquities Act made since January 1, 

18 1996, as described in the executive order. 

19 (2) All documents and communications relating 

20 to the Secretary of the Interior’s review of all Presi21 dential designations where the Secretary determined 

22 that the designation or expansion was made without 


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1 adequate public outreach and coordination with rel2 evant stakeholders, as described in the executive 

3 order. 

4 (3) All documents and communications relating 

5 to the interim and final reports to the President, in6 cluding any recommendations for Presidential ac7 tions, legislative proposals, or other actions rec8 ommended by the Secretary of the Interior to carry 

9 out the policy set forth in section 1 of the executive 

10 order. 

11 (4) Any meeting or communication that oc12 curred between Secretary Ryan Zinke and President 

13 Trump, or their representatives, relating to the rec14 ommendations or reports required by the executive 

15 order. 

16 That the President is requested, and the Secretary of the 

17 Interior is directed, to transmit, to the extent that such doc18 uments are in the possession of the President or the Sec19 retary, (in a manner appropriate to classified information, 

20 if the President determines appropriate) to the House of 

21 Representatives, not later than 14 days after the date of 

22 the adoption of this resolution, copies of every document, 

23 map, survey, report, record, memorandum, call log, cor24 respondence (electronic and otherwise), and other commu25 nication or any portion of any such communication, that 


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1 refers or relates to the executive order on the review of des2 ignations under the Antiquities Act (Executive Order 

3 13792, April, 26, 2017), including the following: 

4 (1) All documents and communications relating 

5 to the Secretary of the Interior’s review of all Presi6 dential designations or expansions of designations 

7 under the Antiquities Act made since January 1, 

8 1996, as described in the executive order. 

9 (2) All documents and communications relating 

10 to the Secretary of the Interior’s review of all Presi11 dential designations where the Secretary determined 

12 that the designation or expansion was made without 

13 adequate public outreach and coordination with rel14 evant stakeholders, as described in the executive order. 

15 (3) All documents and communications relating 

16 to the interim and final reports to the President, in17 cluding any recommendations for Presidential ac18 tions, legislative proposals, or other actions rec19 ommended by the Secretary of the Interior to carry 

20 out the policy set forth in section 1 of the executive 

21 order. 

22 (4) Any meeting or communication that occurred 

23 between Secretary Ryan Zinke and President Trump, 

24 or their representatives, relating to the recommenda25 tions or reports required by the executive order. 


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1 (5) Any meeting or communication that occurred 

2 between Secretary Ryan Zinke, or his representatives, 

3 and energy and mining companies, or their represent4 atives, relating to the recommendations or reports re5 quired by the executive order. 

6 (6) Any meeting or communication that occurred 

7 between Secretary Ryan Zinke, or his representatives, 

8 and LGBTQ and minority communities, or their rep9 resentatives, relating to the recommendations or re10 ports required by the executive order. 

11 (7) Any documents and communications relating 

12 to travel costs of Secretary Zinke and his staff for the 

13 purposes of the review under the executive order. 

14 (8) Any meeting or communication that occurred 

15 between Secretary Ryan Zinke, or his representatives, 

16 and Native American tribes, or their representatives, 

17 relating to the recommendations or reports required 

18 by the executive order. 

19 (9) Any document including applicable ethics 

20 waivers for Department of the Interior employees 

21 working on the review, as described in the executive 

22 order, whether granted or denied. 

23 (10) Any documents that, on their face, contain 

24 economic analyses of national monument designa25 tions, as described in the executive order. 


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House Calendar No. 93 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 555 

[Report No. 115–364] 

RESOLUTION 

Of inquiry requesting the President and directing 

under the Antiquities Act. executive order on the review of designations to the House of Representatives relating to the tively, certain documents and other information the Secretary of the Interior to transmit, respecOCTOBER 23, 2017 

Reported adversely with an amendment, referred to the 

House Calendar and ordered to be printed 


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