Ending Presidential Overreach on Public Lands Act
Latest action · Jan 16, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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.
- IntroducedJan 16, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Ending Presidential Overreach on Public Lands Act
This bill removes the president's authority to designate or expand national monuments and gives that authority to Congress instead.
Cosponsors 15
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 16, 2025 to Mar 4, 2025; 12 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-UT | Blake D. Moore | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| R-UT | Burgess Owens | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| R-WA | Dan Newhouse | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| R-CA | Doug LaMalfa | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| R-NV | Mark E. Amodei | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| R-MN | Michelle Fischbach | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| R-UT | Mike Kennedy | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| R-AK | Nicholas J. Begich III | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| R-MN | Pete Stauber | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| R-KS | Ron Estes | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| R-CA | Vince Fong | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| R-AZ | Elijah Crane | Jan 21, 2025 | |
| R-CO | Jeff Hurd | Feb 12, 2025 | |
| R-CA | Darrell Issa | Mar 4, 2025 |
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 Jan 16, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 16, 2025Introduced in House
- Jan 16, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H1325, H1326 | Celeste Maloy R-UT, Doug LaMalfa R-CA | Mar 27, 2025 |
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 Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 9, January 16, 2025, page H223.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 220 | Ending Presidential Overreach on Public Lands Act | Identical bill | Jan 23, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To reserve to Congress the authority to establish or extend a national monument.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Ending Presidential Overreach on Public Lands Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 16, 2025Introduced 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.
