Utah Land Sovereignty Act

Bill: 113-hr-758
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2]
Introduced: 2013-02-15
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Monuments and memorials

Parks, recreation areas, trails

Utah
Latest action: action_date: 2013-04-16
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-02-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Utah Land Sovereignty Act - Prohibits any further extension or establishment of national parks and monuments in Utah except by express authorization of Congress. </p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 758 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 15, 2013 Mr. Stewart (for himself, Mr. Bishop of Utah , Mr. Chaffetz , Mr. Jones , Mr. Cramer , and Mrs. Lummis ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To prohibit the further extension or establishment of national monuments in Utah except by express authorization of Congress.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Utah Land Sovereignty Act . 2. Limitation on further extension or establishment of national monuments in Utah 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 Utah after Wyoming .