HR 6410 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

ANTIQUITIES Act of 2018

Introduced Jul 17, 2018 Originated House Sponsor Michelle Lujan Grisham D-NM

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Jul 25, 2018 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.

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.

  1. IntroducedJul 17, 2018
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

America's Natural Treasures of Immeasurable Quality Unite, Inspire, and Together Improve the Economies of States Act of 2018 or the ANTIQUITIES Act of 2018.

This bill directs the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Forest Service, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to administer each specified national monument under their joint or exclusive jurisdiction, including the Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante, Gold Butte, Cascade-Siskiyou National Monuments and the Rose Atoll and Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monuments in accordance with: (1) the one or more presidential proclamations that apply to the applicable covered monument; (2) any Act of Congress enacted before December 4, 2017, that provides for an adjustment to the boundary or administration of such monument; and (3) this bill.

The bill establishes the National Monument Enhancement Fund to furnish funding: (1) to such federal agencies to develop management plans for their national monuments that were designated under current federal law, (2) for federal acquisition and development of certain land and other areas, and (3) to develop and enhance recreational infrastructure on such designated lands.

The bill designates: (1) specified BLM lands within the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks and Rio Grande del Norte National Monuments in New Mexico and in the Gold Butte National Conservation Area in Nevada as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System; and (2) approximately 100 acres of BLM land in New Mexico as a potential wilderness area and, when specified conditions have been met, for incorporation into the Robledo Mountains Wilderness.

Cosponsors 77

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 17, 2018 to Nov 6, 2018; 61 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-VAA. Donald McEachinOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-WAAdam SmithOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-NJAlbio SiresOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-CAAnna G. EshooOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-MDAnthony G. BrownOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-NMBen Ray LujánOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-TXBeto O'RourkeOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-PABrendan F. BoyleOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-NYBrian HigginsOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-HIColleen HanabusaOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-FLDarren SotoOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-WADerek KilmerOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-CODiana DeGetteOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-NVDina TitusOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-NJDonald M. Payne, Jr.OriginalJul 17, 2018
D-PADwight EvansOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-MPGregorio Kilili Camacho SablanOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-CAJackie SpeierOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-NVJacky RosenOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-CAJared HuffmanOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-COJared PolisOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-CAJerry McNerneyOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-CAJimmy GomezOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-CAJimmy PanettaOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-CAJohn GaramendiOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-NYJose E. SerranoOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-CAJudy ChuOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-FLKathy CastorOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-CAMark DeSaulnierOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-WIMark PocanOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-PAMatt CartwrightOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-MAMichael E. CapuanoOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-PAMichael F. DoyleOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-CANanette Diaz BarragánOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-MANiki TsongasOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-CANorma J. TorresOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-WIRon KindOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-AZRuben GallegoOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-NVRuben J. KihuenOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-CASalud O. CarbajalOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-CAScott H. PetersOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-NYSean Patrick MaloneyOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-WASuzan K. DelBeneOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-ALTerri A. SewellOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-CAZoe LofgrenOriginalJul 17, 2018
D-WADenny HeckJul 25, 2018
D-CAMike ThompsonJul 25, 2018
D-VTPeter WelchJul 25, 2018
D-CARaul RuizJul 25, 2018
D-WARick LarsenJul 25, 2018
D-COEd PerlmutterAug 14, 2018
D-NYThomas R. SuozziAug 14, 2018
D-CAPete AguilarSep 7, 2018
D-MIBrenda L. LawrenceSep 20, 2018
D-CAAdam B. SchiffSep 24, 2018
D-MEChellie PingreeSep 25, 2018
D-ILDaniel LipinskiSep 26, 2018
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOct 12, 2018
D-NYAdriano EspaillatOct 23, 2018
D-NYGrace MengNov 2, 2018
D-CTJohn B. LarsonNov 6, 2018

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred Jul 17, 2018
Federal Lands Subcommittee
Referred Jul 25, 2018
Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee
Referred Jul 25, 2018

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 25, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
  2. Jul 25, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
  3. Jul 17, 2018Introduced in House
  4. Jul 17, 2018Referred 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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 120, July 17, 2018, page H6464.

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

About this bill 1

Products that name it in their title: its number, its law number or one of its short titles.

ProductTitleKindPublished
R45718The Antiquities Act: History, Current Litigation, and Considerations for the 116th Congress ArchivedReportMay 15, 2019

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 2354ANTIQUITIES Act of 2018Identical billJan 30, 2018

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To provide for the administration of certain national monuments, to establish a National Monument Enhancement Fund, and to establish certain wilderness areas in the States of New Mexico and Nevada.
Short Titles as Introduced
ANTIQUITIES Act of 2018
America's Natural Treasures of Immeasurable Quality Unite, Inspire, and Together Improve the Economies of States Act of 2018

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jul 17, 2018Introduced in House

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