S. 220 119th Congress Senate

Ending Presidential Overreach on Public Lands Act

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

Introduced: January 23, 2025 Introduced by: Mike Lee Republican · Utah See on congress.gov

Public Lands and Natural Resources Monuments and memorialsPresidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 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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Energy and Natural Resources Committee
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Energy, Dept of
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General Services Administration (GSA)
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Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
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Cosponsors 1

Curtis, John R.

Utah · Jan 23, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 220: Ending Presidential Overreach on Public Lands Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-220/

MLA

"S. 220: Ending Presidential Overreach on Public Lands Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-220/.

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S. 220, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-220/.

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[S. 220: Ending Presidential Overreach on Public Lands Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-220/)