LANDs Act

This bill would require Congress to approve any federal land withdrawal over 5,000 acres, such as closing land to mining, mineral leasing, or sale. Temporary withdrawals of 5 years or less that the President finds necessary for national security would be exempt. It would also change the Antiquities Act so that presidents could not create a national monument over 640 acres within 50 miles of another national monument, and it would narrow what monuments may protect to items like relics, artifacts, human remains, fossils, and certain older buildings. Emergency monument designations of any size would be allowed for one year, and monuments could not include private land without the owner's written consent or reserve water rights outside state law.

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Sponsors

• Paul A. Gosar Republican sponsor
• 7 cosponsors