H.R. 10669
LANDs Act
Summary:
• Requires congressional approval for any federal land withdrawal exceeding 5,000 acres in aggregate, with a narrow exception for temporary withdrawals of 5 years or less made for national security purposes as determined by the President
• Limits new presidential national monument designations to no more than 640 acres and prohibits designations whose exterior boundary is within 50 miles of another national monument's exterior boundary
• Narrows the eligible objects that can justify a national monument designation to "objects of antiquity" (relics, artifacts, human remains, fossils, and certain pre-enactment buildings), explicitly excluding natural geographic features, landscapes, ecosystems, and similar non-human-made things
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• Limits new presidential national monument designations to no more than 640 acres and prohibits designations whose exterior boundary is within 50 miles of another national monument's exterior boundary
• Narrows the eligible objects that can justify a national monument designation to "objects of antiquity" (relics, artifacts, human remains, fossils, and certain pre-enactment buildings), explicitly excluding natural geographic features, landscapes, ecosystems, and similar non-human-made things
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