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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4988 

To amend the Act popularly known as the Antiquities Act of 1906 to provide 

for congressional approval of national monuments and restrictions on 

the use of national monuments, to establish requirements for declaration 

of marine national monuments, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 26, 2014 

Mr. SOUTHERLAND (for himself and Mr. YOUNG of Alaska) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To amend the Act popularly known as the Antiquities Act 

of 1906 to provide for congressional approval of national 

monuments and restrictions on the use of national monuments, to establish requirements for declaration of marine national monuments, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Marine Access and 

5 State Transparency’’ or the ‘‘MAST Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF NATIONAL MONUMENTS. 

2 The Act of June 8, 1906 (16 U.S.C. 431 et seq.), 

3 popularly known as the ‘‘Antiquities Act of 1906’’, is 

4 amended— 

5 (1) in section 2 (16 U.S.C. 431)— 

6 (A) by striking ‘‘SEC. 2. That the’’ and in7 serting the following: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF NATIONAL MONUMENTS. 

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—After obtaining congressional 

10 approval of the proposed national monument and certi11 fying compliance with the National Environmental Policy 

12 Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) with respect to the 

13 proposed national monument, the’’; and 

14 (B) in subsection (a) (as designated by the 

15 amendment made by paragraph (1)), by insert16 ing ‘‘subject to subsection (b),’’ after ‘‘is hereby 

17 authorized,’’; and 

18 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS FOR DECLARATION OF MARINE

20 NATIONAL MONUMENTS.— 

21 ‘‘(1) REQUIREMENTS.—The President may not 

22 declare any area of the exclusive economic zone to 

23 be a national monument unless— 

24 ‘‘(A) such declaration is specifically au25 thorized by an Act of Congress; 


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1 ‘‘(B) the President has submitted a pro2 posal to make such declaration to the Governor 

3 of each State, and of each territory, any part 

4 of which is located within 100 nautical miles of 

5 that area; 

6 ‘‘(C) each such Governor submits to the 

7 President notice that the legislature of that 

8 State or territory has approved the proposal; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(D) the declaration is substantially the 

11 same as the proposal. 

12 ‘‘(2) EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE DEFINED.— 

13 In this subsection the term ‘exclusive economic zone’ 

14 means the zone established by Proclamation Num15 bered 5030, dated March 10, 1983.’’; and 

16 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘SEC. 5. RESTRICTIONS ON PUBLIC USE. 

18 ‘‘The Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of 

19 Commerce with respect to any area of the exclusive eco20 nomic zone (as defined in section 2(b)) designated as a 

21 national monument, shall not implement any restrictions 

22 on the public use of a national monument until the expira23 tion of an appropriate review period (as determined by 


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1 such Secretary) providing for public input and congres2 sional approval.’’. 

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