New Mexico Land Sovereignty Act

Bill: 113-hr-1512
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2013-04-11
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Monuments and memorials

New Mexico

Parks, recreation areas, trails
Latest action: action_date: 2013-04-16
text: Committee Hearings Held.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-04-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>New Mexico Land Sovereignty Act - Prohibits any further extension or establishment of national parks and monuments in New Mexico, except by express authorization of Congress. </p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1512 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 11, 2013 Mr. Pearce 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 New Mexico except by express authorization of Congress.

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