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H.Res. 555 (115th): Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of the Interior to transmit, respectively, certain documents and other information to the House of Representatives relating to the executive order on the review of designations under the Antiquities Act.

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The text of the resolution below is as of Oct 4, 2017 (Introduced).

IV

115th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. RES. 555

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

October 4, 2017

(for himself, Ms. Moore, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Carbajal, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Lowenthal, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Garamendi, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Polis, Ms. Tsongas, Mr. Soto, Mr. McEachin, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Mr. Sablan, Mrs. Torres, Ms. Hanabusa, Ms. Barragán, Mr. Clay, Mr. Gallego, and Mr. Beyer) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

RESOLUTION

Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of the Interior to transmit, respectively, certain documents and other information to the House of Representatives relating to the executive order on the review of designations under the Antiquities Act.

That the President is requested, and the Secretary of the Interior is directed, to transmit, to the extent that such documents are in the possession of the President or the Secretary, (in a manner appropriate to classified information, if the President determines appropriate) to the House of Representatives, not later than 14 days after the date of the adoption of this resolution, copies of every document, map, survey, report, record, memorandum, call log, correspondence (electronic and otherwise), and other communication or any portion of any such communication, that refers or relates to the executive order on the review of designations under the Antiquities Act (E.O. 13792, April, 26, 2017), including the following:

(1)

All documents and communications relating to the Secretary of the Interior’s review of all Presidential designations or expansions of designations under the Antiquities Act made since January 1, 1996, as described in the executive order.

(2)

All documents and communications relating to the Secretary of the Interior’s review of all Presidential designations where the Secretary determined that the designation or expansion was made without adequate public outreach and coordination with relevant stakeholders, as described in the executive order.

(3)

All documents and communications relating to the interim and final reports to the President, including any recommendations for Presidential actions, legislative proposals, or other actions recommended by the Secretary of the Interior to carry out the policy set forth in section 1 of the executive order.

(4)

Any meeting or communication that occurred between Secretary Ryan Zinke and President Trump, or their representatives, relating to the recommendations or reports required by the executive order.