Utah Public Lands Initiative Partner Act

Bill: 114-hr-5781
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1]
Introduced: 2016-07-14
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Monuments and memorials

Parks, recreation areas, trails

Utah
Latest action: action_date: 2016-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-07-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Utah Public Lands Initiative Partner Act</b></p> <p>This bill declares that a national monument designation, or a boundary adjustment that increases the size of an existing monument, within or on any portion of federal land in Summit, Uintah, Duchesne, Carbon, Grand, Emery, and San Juan Counties in Utah shall be made only pursuant to an Act of Congress. </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5781 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 14, 2016 Mr. Bishop of Utah (for himself and Mr. Chaffetz ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To complement the Utah Public Lands Initiative by ensuring land use certainty in seven counties in Utah.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Utah Public Lands Initiative Partner Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The Utah Congressional delegation is advancing the Utah Public Lands Initiative (PLI), a seven county comprehensive land planning bill. (2) PLI would designate more than 4,500,000 acres of Federal land for conservation purposes while making more than 1,000,000 acres of Federal land available for multiple use and sustained yield. (3) Land use certainty and finality are fundamental principles of PLI. (4) Section 320301 of title 54, United States Code (commonly known as the Antiquities Act of 1906 ) empowers the President of the United States with unilateral authority to designate Federal lands as national monuments. (5) Enactment of PLI would preclude the need for future Presidents to use section 320301 of title 54, United States Code, in counties that participate in PLI. (6) Local community support for PLI would diminish if permanent land use certainty is not achieved through the PLI and this Act. 3. Limitation on designation of certain lands in Utah A national monument designation, or a boundary adjustment that increases the size of an existing national monument, under section 320301 of title 54, United States Code, within or on any portion of Federal land in the counties of Summit, Uintah, Duchesne, Carbon, Grand, Emery, and San Juan, in the State of Utah, shall be made only pursuant to an Act of Congress.