MAST Act
Latest action · Jul 7, 2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 26, 2014
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Marine Access and State Transparency or the MAST Act - Amends the Antiquities Act of 1906 to bar the President from declaring any area of the exclusive economic zone to be a national monument unless:
- such declaration is specifically authorized by an Act of Congress;
- the President has submitted a proposal to make such declaration to the governor of each state, and of each territory, any part of which is located within 100 nautical miles of such area;
- each such governor submits to the President a notice that the legislature of that state or territory has approved the proposal; and
- the declaration is substantially the same as the proposal.
Prohibits the Department of the Interior and the Department of Commerce, with respect to any area of the exclusive economic zone that is designated as a national monument, from implementing any restrictions on the public use of such a national monument until the expiration of an appropriate review period providing for public input and congressional approval.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 26, 2014 to Sep 9, 2014; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AK | Don Young | Original | Jun 26, 2014 |
| R-CA | Tom McClintock | Jul 8, 2014 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Jul 8, 2014 | |
| R-MD | Andy Harris | Jul 9, 2014 | |
| R-WI | Reid J. Ribble | Jul 9, 2014 | |
| R-NC | Renee L. Ellmers | Jul 9, 2014 | |
| R-UT | Rob Bishop | Jul 9, 2014 | |
| R-AZ | Trent Franks | Jul 9, 2014 | |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Jul 14, 2014 | |
| R-SC | Jeff Duncan | Jul 14, 2014 | |
| R-FL | Jeff Miller | Jul 14, 2014 | |
| R-GA | Lynn A. Westmoreland | Jul 14, 2014 | |
| R-NC | Mark Meadows | Jul 14, 2014 | |
| R-FL | Ted S. Yoho | Jul 14, 2014 | |
| R-FL | Ron DeSantis | Jul 23, 2014 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Jun 26, 2014 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Jul 7, 2014 | |
| Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Jul 7, 2014 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 7, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
- Jul 7, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
- Jun 26, 2014Introduced in House
- Jun 26, 2014Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H5819.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2608 | Improved National Monument Designation Process Act | Related bill | Jul 15, 2014 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Act popularly known as the Antiquities Act of 1906 to provide for congressional approval of national monuments and restrictions on the use of national monuments, to establish requirements for declaration of marine national monuments, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- MAST Act
- Marine Access and State Transparency
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Congressional oversight
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Historic sites and heritage areas
- Historical and cultural resources
- Intergovernmental relations
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Monuments and memorials
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- State and local government operations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 26, 2014Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
