Northern Arizona Protection Act

Bill: 119-hr-5392
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9]
Introduced: 2025-09-16
Policy area: Native Americans
Latest action: action_date: 2025-09-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5392 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 16, 2025 Mr. Gosar (for himself, Mr. Crane , Ms. Hageman , and Mr. Newhouse ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To nullify Presidential Proclamation 10606, establishing Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni-Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument and withdrawing certain land in Arizona from mineral entry, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Northern Arizona Protection Act . 2. Restriction on use of Antiquities Act in certain areas in Arizona (a) Nullification of Presidential Proclamation Presidential Proclamation 10606 of August 8, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 55331, relating to the establishment of the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni-Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument), shall have no force or effect. (b) Restriction on future monument designations No extension or establishment of national monuments within the area generally depicted as Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni-Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument on the map titled Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni-Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument and dated August 5, 2023, may be undertaken except by express authorization of Congress.