S.Amdt. 4181

SA 4181. Mr. FLAKE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle I of title X of division A, add the
following:

SEC. 1097. RESTRICTIONS ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL
MONUMENTS.

Section 320301 of title 54, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following:
``(e) Restrictions on the Establishment of National
Monuments in Military Operations Areas.--The President shall
not establish a national monument under this section on land
that is located under the lateral boundaries of a military
operations area (as the term is defined in section 1.1 of
title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor
regulations)), unless the proclamation includes language that
ensures that the establishment of the national monument would
not place any new limits on--
``(1) any flight operations of military aircraft;
``(2) the designation of a new unit of special use
airspace;
``(3) the use or establishment of military flight training
routes; or
``(4) air or ground access for--
``(A) emergency response;
``(B) electronic tracking and communications;
``(C) landing and drop zones; or
``(D) readiness training by the Air Force, joint forces,
and coalition forces, including training using motorized
vehicles on- or off-road, in accordance with applicable
interagency agreements.''.
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