Title: 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.
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
Requests the President and directs the Department of the Interior to transmit to the House of Representatives copies of all documents and communications that refer or relate to Executive Order 13792, dated April 26, 2017, which requires Interior to review designations or expansions of certain national monuments under the Antiquities Act since 1996.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 555 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 555

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.


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                    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. Barragan, Mr. 
 Clay, Mr. Gallego, and Mr. Beyer) submitted the following resolution; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                               RESOLUTION


 
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.

    Resolved, That the President is requested, and the Secretary of the 
Interior is directed, to transmit, to the extent that such documents 
are in the possession of the President or the Secretary, (in a manner 
appropriate to classified information, if the President determines 
appropriate) to the House of Representatives, not later than 14 days 
after the date of the adoption of this resolution, copies of every 
document, map, survey, report, record, memorandum, call log, 
correspondence (electronic and otherwise), and other communication or 
any portion of any such communication, that refers or relates to the 
executive order on the review of designations under the Antiquities Act 
(E.O. 13792, April, 26, 2017), including the following:
            (1) All documents and communications relating to the 
        Secretary of the Interior's review of all Presidential 
        designations or expansions of designations under the 
        Antiquities Act made since January 1, 1996, as described in the 
        executive order.
            (2) All documents and communications relating to the 
        Secretary of the Interior's review of all Presidential 
        designations where the Secretary determined that the 
        designation or expansion was made without adequate public 
        outreach and coordination with relevant stakeholders, as 
        described in the executive order.
            (3) All documents and communications relating to the 
        interim and final reports to the President, including any 
        recommendations for Presidential actions, legislative 
        proposals, or other actions recommended by the Secretary of the 
        Interior to carry out the policy set forth in section 1 of the 
        executive order.
            (4) Any meeting or communication that occurred between 
        Secretary Ryan Zinke and President Trump, or their 
        representatives, relating to the recommendations or reports 
        required by the executive order.
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