… is important, it does nothing to restrain the eminent domain authority already possessed by the Secretary of the Interior. 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 administration is strongly interested in creating new national monuments or expanding existing ones and doing so with or without Congress. (05:00–05:06)
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Asserts that the bill enlarges an area designated under the Antiquities Act.
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