A bill to prohibit the further extension or establishment of national monuments in the State of Nevada except by express authorization of Congress, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-s-472
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV]
Introduced: 2013-03-06
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Monuments and memorials

Nevada

Parks, recreation areas, trails

Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Latest action: action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-03-06
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Prohibits any further extension or establishment of national parks and monuments in Nevada from being undertaken, except by express authorization of Congress. </p> <p> Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from implementing, administering, or enforcing Secretarial Order No. 3310, issued on December 22, 2010, relating to the protection of wilderness characteristics on public lands under the management of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), except by express authorization of Congress. </p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 472 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 6, 2013 Mr. Heller introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To prohibit the further extension or establishment of national monuments in the State of Nevada except by express authorization of Congress, and for other purposes.

1. Limitation on further extension or establishment of national monuments in the State of Nevada The proviso of the last sentence of the first section of the Act of September 14, 1950 (64 Stat. 849, chapter 950; 16 U.S.C. 431a ), is amended by inserting or Nevada after Wyoming . 2. Prohibition on enforcement of Secretarial Order No. 3310 in Nevada without congressional approval Except by express authorization of Congress, the Secretary of the Interior shall not implement, administer, or enforce Secretarial Order No. 3310, issued by the Secretary of the Interior on December 22, 2010.