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H.R. 1836 · 114th Congress

Monuments Protection Act

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 114th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

DIR IssaSponsor
10 cosponsors · 1 D, 9 R
END Norton SCR Chabot TPR Poe MSR Sanford MMR Mulvaney JWR Wilson TGR Gowdy JDR Duncan TRR Rice RPR Pittenger

1 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

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.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Apr 16, 2015

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.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Monuments Protection Act

Latest action (May 19, 2015): Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources · Origin: House · Introduced: Apr 16, 2015

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.