Protect Utah’s Rural Economy Act

Bill: 117-s-31
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2021-01-22
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Land use and conservation

Monuments and memorials

Parks, recreation areas, trails

State and local government operations

Utah

Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Latest action: action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-01-22
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Protect Utah's Rural Economy Act</strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits the President from establishing or extending national monuments in Utah unless</p> <ul> <li>the proposed establishment or extension has been authorized by federal statute, and </li> <li>the President has received a notice from the Governor of Utah that the state legislature has enacted legislation approving of the proposed establishment or extension. </li></ul>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 31 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 22, 2021 Mr. Lee (for himself and Mr. Romney ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To limit the establishment or extension of national monuments in the State of Utah.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect Utah’s Rural Economy Act . 2. Limitation on the establishment or extension of national monuments in the State of Utah Section 320301 of title 54, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (e) Limitation on the establishment or extension of National Monuments in the State of Utah Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the President may not establish or extend a national monument in the State of Utah (referred to in this subsection as the State ) unless— (1) the extension or establishment has been authorized by an Act of Congress; and (2) the President has received from the Governor of the State notice that the State legislature has enacted legislation approving the proposed establishment or extension. .