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HR 4951 115th 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: February 6, 2018 Introduced by: Issa, Darrell Republican · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 8, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Feb 13, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Feb 6, 2018
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.
Feb 6, 2018
Introduced in House
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Monuments Protection Act

This bill directs the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture (USDA) 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 that offers to assume activities to resume or continue operations and public access to any covered unit when those activities would not otherwise be carried out: (1) because there is a lapse in available federal funds as a result of a failure to enact appropriations, or (2) because of a failure of the federal government to make sufficient funds available to operate such unit.

The bill defines a "covered unit" to mean:

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

The bill requires Interior and USDA to reimburse an entity for such activities once funds are made available.

What's happening now March 8, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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DesJarlais, Scott
Tennessee · Feb 6, 2018
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 6, 2018
Renacci, James
· Feb 6, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4951: Monuments Protection Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4951/
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"H.R. 4951: Monuments Protection Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4951/.
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H.R. 4951, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4951/.
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