S.Amdt. 1638

SA 1638. Mr. BLUMENTHAL submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 1617 proposed by Mr. Gardner (for himself, Mr.
Manchin, Mr. Daines, Mr. Warner, Mr. Portman, Ms. Cantwell, Mr.
Alexander, Mr. King, Mr. Burr, Mr. Tester, Ms. Collins, Mr. Udall, Mr.
Boozman, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Blunt, Ms. Harris, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Peters,
Mr. Tillis, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. McSally, Mr. Casey, Mr. Graham, Mr.
Heinrich, Mr. Bennet, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Booker, Ms.
Cortez Masto, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Sinema, Ms. Rosen,
Mr. Coons, Ms. Smith, Ms. Hassan, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mrs. Murray, Mr.
Durbin, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Jones, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr.
Menendez, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Brown, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Warren, Mr. Murphy,
Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Leahy, Mr. McConnell,
Mr. Markey, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Perdue, Mr. Cramer, and Mr. Schatz) to the
bill H.R. 1957, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modernize
and improve the Internal Revenue Service, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end, add the following:

SEC. ___. PROHIBITION OF USE OF FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT THE
PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION MODIFYING THE
NORTHEAST CANYONS AND SEAMOUNTS MARINE NATIONAL
MONUMENT.

(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--

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(1) the Presidential Proclamation of June 5, 2020, relating
to ``Modifying the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine
National Monument'' is illegal and should not be carried out;
(2) the President does not have the legal authority under
the Constitution of the United States or any Federal law to
eliminate the protections necessary for the ``proper care and
management'' of the ``objects of scientific and historic
interest'' at a national monument, as required under chapter
3203 of title 54, United States Code;
(3) only Congress may make a significant change in the
protection of a national monument;
(4) in attempting to roll back the protections for the
Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument
under Presidential Proclamation 9496, as issued on September
15, 2016 (54 U.S.C. 320301 note), the action of the President
on June 5, 2020, was unlawful; and
(5) Congress should not provide funds to implement the
modifications to Presidential Proclamation 9496, as issued on
September 15, 2016 (54 U.S.C. 320301 note).
(b) Funding Prohibition.--No funds, resources, or fees made
available to the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of the
Interior, or any other official of a Federal agency by any
Act for any fiscal year may be used to implement or enforce
the Presidential Proclamation issued on June 5, 2020, which
modifies the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National
Monument.
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