GOP Congress Introduces Bill To Gut Antiquities Act

By shifting the ability to designate National Monuments from the President to Congress, Republicans hope to rule out future land protections

Two Republican Congressgoblins today introduced a bill that would revoke a President’s authority to create national monuments. The move is the latest in a coordinated assault on public land protections that will likely culminate during the first 100 days of the second Trump administration.

“The Ending Presidential Overreach on Public Lands Act would strip presidential authority to unilaterally designate national monuments and give that authority to Congress by striking Section 2 from the Antiquities Act,” reads a press release from Utah Congressgoblin Celeste Maloy’s office. She’s sponsoring the bill along with Nevada’s Mark Amodei.

Let’s look at the Act’s full text: