H.R. 758: Utah Land Sovereignty Act

113th Congress, 2013–2015. Text as of Feb 15, 2013 (Introduced).

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HR 758 IH

113th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 758

To prohibit the further extension or establishment of national monuments in Utah except by express authorization of Congress.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 15, 2013

Mr. STEWART (for himself, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. JONES, Mr. CRAMER, and Mrs. LUMMIS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources


A BILL

To prohibit the further extension or establishment of national monuments in Utah except by express authorization of Congress.

    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 ‘Utah Land Sovereignty Act’.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON FURTHER EXTENSION OR ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL MONUMENTS IN UTAH.

    The proviso of the last sentence of the first section of the Act of September 14, 1950 (64 Stat. 849, chapter 950; 16 U.S.C. 431a), is amended by inserting ‘or Utah’ after ‘Wyoming’.