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H.R. 521 119th Congress House

Ending Presidential Overreach on Public Lands Act

Official title: To reserve to Congress the authority to establish or extend a national monument.

Introduced: January 16, 2025 Introduced by: Celeste Maloy Republican · Utah See on congress.gov
Public Lands and Natural Resources Monuments and memorialsPresidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
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Jan 16, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Ending Presidential Overreach on Public Lands Act

This bill removes the president's authority to designate or expand national monuments and gives that authority to Congress instead.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 521: Ending Presidential Overreach on Public Lands Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-521/
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"H.R. 521: Ending Presidential Overreach on Public Lands Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-521/.
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H.R. 521, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-521/.
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