Arizona Land Sovereignty Act

Bill: 113-hr-1495
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2013-04-11
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona

Congressional oversight

Monuments and memorials

Parks, recreation areas, trails
Latest action: action_date: 2013-06-06
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1495 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 11, 2013 Mr. Gosar (for himself, Mr. Salmon , Mr. Franks of Arizona , and Mr. Schweikert ) 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 Arizona except by express authorization of Congress.

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