S.Amdt. 3334
What it does: Adds SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON EXTENSION OR ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL MONUMENTS IN CERTAIN AREAS wherever appropriate
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC)What it changes
1 change to S.Amdt. 3326
Adds SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON EXTENSION OR ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL MONUMENTS IN CERTAIN AREAS wherever appropriate
Adds a sectionInserted: SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON EXTENSION OR ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL MONUMENTS IN CERTAIN AREAS.
Inserted: (a) In General.--Notwithstanding the Act of June 8, 1906 (commonly known as the "Antiquities Act of 1906") (16 U.S.C. 431 et seq.), or any other provision of law, no further extension or establishment of national monuments in areas described in subsection (b) may be undertaken.
Inserted: (b) Applicable Areas.--Subsection (a) shall apply to--
Inserted: (1) the Northwest Sonoran Desert, Arizona;
Inserted: (2) the Berryessa Snow Mountains, California;
Inserted: (3) the Bodie Hills, California;
Inserted: (4) the expansion of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, California;
Inserted: (5) the Modoc Plateau, California;
Inserted: (6) the Vermillion Basin, Colorado;
Inserted: (7) the Northern Montana Prairie, Montana;
Inserted: (8) the Heart of the Great Basin, Nevada;
Inserted: (9) the Lesser Prairie Chicken Preserve, New Mexico;
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Inserted: (10) the Otero Mesa, New Mexico;
Inserted: (11) the Owyhee Desert, Oregon and Nevada;
Inserted: (12) the Cedar Mesa region, Utah;
Inserted: (13) the San Rafael Swell, Utah; and
Inserted: (14) the San Juan Islands, Washington.
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SA 3334. Mr. DeMINT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3326 proposed by Mr. Reid to the bill H.R. 1299, to make technical corrections to the laws affecting certain administrative authorities of the United States Capitol Police, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON EXTENSION OR ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL MONUMENTS IN CERTAIN AREAS.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding the Act of June 8, 1906 (commonly known as the “Antiquities Act of 1906”) (16 U.S.C. 431 et seq.), or any other provision of law, no further extension or establishment of national monuments in areas described in subsection (b) may be undertaken.
(b) Applicable Areas.--Subsection (a) shall apply to--
(1) the Northwest Sonoran Desert, Arizona;
(2) the Berryessa Snow Mountains, California;
(3) the Bodie Hills, California;
(4) the expansion of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, California;
(5) the Modoc Plateau, California;
(6) the Vermillion Basin, Colorado;
(7) the Northern Montana Prairie, Montana;
(8) the Heart of the Great Basin, Nevada;
(9) the Lesser Prairie Chicken Preserve, New Mexico;
(10) the Otero Mesa, New Mexico;
(11) the Owyhee Desert, Oregon and Nevada;
(12) the Cedar Mesa region, Utah;
(13) the San Rafael Swell, Utah; and
(14) the San Juan Islands, Washington.
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Senate amendment submitted
February 25, 2010