Bill Details
HR.104 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-01-03 - Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Introduced Date
2025-01-03
Policy Area
Public Lands and Natural Resources
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This bill would change federal law so that national monuments in Arizona could not be created or enlarged unless Congress specifically approves it. In simple terms, it would take away the usual presidential power to declare or expand national monuments in Arizona and give that authority to Congress instead.
- It amends existing law that already limits this kind of action in another state and adds Arizona to the same rule.
- The bill applies to both creating new national monuments and extending or enlarging existing ones.
- It is a very short bill and makes this one main change without adding other major rules.
Official Summaries
Protecting Arizona from Federal Land Grabs Act
This bill prohibits any further extension or establishment of national monuments in Arizona except by express authorization of Congress.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 104 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 104
To amend title 54, United States Code, to prohibit the extension or
establishment of national monuments in Arizona except by express
authorization of Congress, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 3, 2025
Mr. Biggs of Arizona introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Natural Resources
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A BILL
To amend title 54, United States Code, to prohibit the extension or
establishment of national monuments in Arizona except by express
authorization of Congress, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Arizona from Federal Land
Grabs Act''.
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON EXTENSION OR ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL MONUMENTS
IN ARIZONA.
Subsection (d) of section 320301 of title 54, United States Code,
is amended--
(1) by inserting ``or Arizona'' after ``Wyoming''; and
(2) by inserting ``or Arizona'' after ``Wyoming''.
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