According to both federal case law and the Congressional Research Service, this bill expands an area previously designated under the Antiquities Act. As the Committee on Natural Resources learned from recently leaked Department of Interior documents, this The administration is strongly interested in creating new national monuments or expanding existing ones and doing so with or without Congress. The American people are way ahead of Washington on these issues, Mr. Speaker. They know that what we should be doing is controlling spending, protecting private property, taking better care … (05:06–05:22)
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Asserts that the administration aims to create or expand national monuments, potentially bypassing Congress.
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