Ending Presidential Overreach on Public Lands Act

Bill: 119-hr-521
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Maloy, Celeste [R-UT-2]
Introduced: 2025-01-16
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Monuments and memorials

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Latest action: action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-01-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Ending Presidential Overreach on Public Lands Act</strong></p><p>This bill removes the president's authority to designate or expand national monuments and&nbsp;gives that authority to Congress instead.</p>

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 521 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 16, 2025 Ms. Maloy (for herself, Mr. Amodei of Nevada , Mr. LaMalfa , Mr. Gosar , Mr. Moore of Utah , Mr. Begich , Mr. Newhouse , Mr. Stauber , Mrs. Fischbach , Mr. Estes , Mr. Owens , Mr. Kennedy of Utah , and Mr. Fong ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To reserve to Congress the authority to establish or extend a national monument.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ending Presidential Overreach on Public Lands Act . 2. National monuments Section 320301 of title 54, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Antiquities Act ), is amended to read as follows: 320301. National monuments The establishment or extension of a national monument may be undertaken only by express authorization of Congress. .