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HR 1836 114th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Appropriations Executive agency funding and structure Federal-Indian relations Forests, forestry, trees Intergovernmental relations Monuments and memorials Parks, recreation areas, trails Roads and highways State and local government operations Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Monuments Protection Act

Introduced: April 16, 2015 Introduced by: Issa, Darrell Republican · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
May 19, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
May 5, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Apr 16, 2015
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Apr 16, 2015
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Monuments Protection Act

Directs the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture to enter into an agreement with a state, the District of Columbia, a federally recognized Indian tribe, a U.S. territory or possession, or a political subdivision of such an entity that offers to assume activities to resume or continue operations and public access to any covered unit during any period when those activities would not otherwise be carried out because: (1) there is a lapse in available federal funds as a result of a failure to enact a regular appropriations bill or continuing resolution, or (2) there are insufficient federal funds to operate such unit as a result of a failure of the federal government to make sufficient funds available.

Defines a "covered unit" to mean:

  • public lands,
  • units of the National Park System,
  • units of the National Wildlife Refuge System,
  • federally owned open air monuments and memorials,
  • units of the National Forest System, and
  • federally owned roads and off ramps on all such lands.

Requires Interior and USDA to reimburse such an entity once funds are made available for activities carried out by such entity.

What's happening now May 19, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1