Bears Ears Expansion And Respect for Sovereignty Act
Latest action · Feb 13, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
Progress
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- IntroducedJan 30, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Bears Ears Expansion And Respect for Sovereignty Act
This bill expands the boundaries of the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah.
The Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) shall administer the lands under their jurisdictions within the expanded boundaries (1) as part of the monument; and (2) in accordance with Presidential Proclamation 9558, dated December 28, 2016, that provided for the establishment of the monument.
Interior and USDA shall promptly carry out the proclamation's provisions, including the provisions requiring them to engage the Bears Ears Commission to
- ensure the proper care and management of the objects identified,
- ensure that management decisions affecting the monument reflect tribal expertise and traditional and historical knowledge, and
- provide guidance and recommendations on the development and implementation of management plans and on management of the monument.
The National Park Service shall administer the Natural Bridges National Monument and those portions of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area that are within the expanded boundaries of the monument.
Interior and USDA may acquire any land, water, or interests in land that are located within the revised boundaries of the monument by donation, purchase, or exchange.
Cosponsors 132
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 30, 2019 to Jan 27, 2020, with 71 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-FL | Charlie Crist | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-IL | Cheri Bustos | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-GA | David Scott | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-NM | Debra A. Haaland | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-MA | Katherine M. Clark | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-CA | Norma J. Torres | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-CA | Pete Aguilar | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-CA | Raul Ruiz | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-FL | Stephanie N. Murphy | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-AZ | Tom O'Halleran | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-HI | Tulsi Gabbard | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-VA | A. Donald McEachin | Feb 25, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Andy Levin | Feb 25, 2019 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Feb 25, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Feb 25, 2019 | |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | Feb 25, 2019 | |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Feb 25, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Feb 25, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Feb 25, 2019 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Feb 25, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Feb 25, 2019 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Feb 25, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Feb 25, 2019 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Feb 25, 2019 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Feb 25, 2019 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Feb 25, 2019 | |
| R-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Feb 25, 2019 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Feb 25, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | Feb 25, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Katie Hill | Feb 25, 2019 | |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Feb 25, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Feb 25, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Feb 25, 2019 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Feb 25, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Feb 25, 2019 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Feb 25, 2019 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Feb 25, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Feb 25, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Mar 13, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Mar 13, 2019 | |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Mar 13, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Mar 13, 2019 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Mar 29, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Mar 29, 2019 | |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | May 10, 2019 | |
| D-NV | Susie Lee | May 10, 2019 | |
| D-CO | Jason Crow | Jun 10, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Jun 10, 2019 | |
| D-WA | Denny Heck | Jul 30, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | Jul 30, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Jul 30, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Aug 6, 2019 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Aug 6, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Aug 6, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Aug 6, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Aug 6, 2019 | |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Aug 16, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Aug 16, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Sep 9, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Antonio Delgado | Sep 16, 2019 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Sep 17, 2019 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Sep 24, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Hakeem S. Jeffries | Sep 24, 2019 | |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Sep 24, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Sep 26, 2019 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Sep 26, 2019 | |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Sep 27, 2019 | |
| D-NM | Xochitl Torres Small | Oct 4, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Oct 8, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Elissa Slotkin | Oct 17, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Oct 21, 2019 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Jan 27, 2020 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 13, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
- Feb 13, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
- Jan 30, 2019Introduced in House
- Jan 30, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Subjects
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- Jan 30, 2019Introduced in House
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