The US House of Representatives approved legislation on Wednesday that would would affect the manner in which the US President designates national monuments, H.R. 1459, the Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act. This is a bill that Republican supporters say is needed because presidents of both parties are abusing their power to select these sites.
Members passed H.R. 1459, the Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act, in a 222-201 vote. Democrats cast the bill as an anti-environmental measure, and only three Democrats supported it — ten Republicans opposed it. The bill would amend the 1906 Antiquities Act, which today gives the President the ability to designate monuments without any public process or environmental review. Republicans said this power is too broad, and can too easily transfer state land to the federal government.
Pete Kasperowicz, ' House votes to curb White House authority on national monuments', The Hill March 26, 2014.
Sounds a tad familar does it not? Perhaps there is a chance of getting the CCPIA rewritten too, and in the process making it more effective in the conditions of the market as it exists in the second decade of the 21st century.
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