Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Local Community and Sportsmen Input in Monuments Act”.
Local Community and Sportsmen Input in Monuments Act
A BILL
To amend title 54, United States Code, to provide certain limitations on the designation and use of national monuments.
Sec. 2 Designation and use of national monuments
Section 320301 of title 54, United States Code, is amended—
in subsection (a), by striking “The President may, in the President's discretion,” and inserting “Subject to subsection (e), the President may”; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(e) Consultation and approval required before designation—No national monument may be designated under subsection (a) until—
“(1) each county, borough, parish, or equivalent unit of local government within and adjacent to the boundaries of which the proposed national monument is to be located—
“(A) has been consulted with respect to the designation; and
“(B) has approved the designation; and
“(2) the Governor and legislature of each State within the boundaries of which the proposed national monument is to be located has approved the proposed national monument.
“(f) Restrictions on use
“(1) In general—Any national monument designated under subsection (a) shall be open to hunting, fishing, other forms of recreation, grazing, and other historic or traditional uses in accordance with applicable law, unless the Secretary concerned closes all or a portion of the national monument to one or more of those uses, in accordance with the purposes of this chapter.
“(2) Review period—The Secretary shall not impose any restriction on hunting, fishing, grazing, wildlife management, or other historic or traditional uses at a national monument designated under subsection (a) until the date of expiration of an appropriate review period, as determined by the Secretary, providing for, with respect to the proposed restriction, the concurrence by applicable State wildlife management agencies, public input, and approval by Congress.”