WASHINGTON D.C. (KOLO) – U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei has helped introduce a bill that would remove a president’s ability to designate national monuments unilaterally.
The bill, named the Ending Presidential Overreach on Public Lands Act, would reform the Antiquities Act of 1906. Instead, that authority would be granted to Congress by striking down Section 2 of the Antiquities Act.
The bill was introduced alongside Rep. Celeste Maloy of Utah.
“My home state of Nevada, along with other Western states, has long been burned by executive actions on public lands and monument designations that bypass input from Congress and local governments,” said Rep. Mark Amodei. “I am a firm believer that the best lands policy is generated by the local communities who actually live off of these lands, not Washington bureaucrats. This legislation overturns years of a one-sided approach on major land management decisions and ensures Western communities are given a seat at the table for any future monument designations.”
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