National Monuments and the Antiquities Act.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental law.

Monuments.

National monuments.

Pollution.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (20 pages)) : digital, PDF file

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2014.

System Details:

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text file

PDF

Summary:

Addresses authority of the President to create national monuments on Federal lands under the Antiquities Act of 1906. Discusses monument issues and controversies, including size, establishment criteria, inclusion of nonfederal lands, effects on land use, consistency with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the National Environmental Policy Act, and monument management. Reviews executive branch activity and recent legislative activity.

This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 14-R4-1330 in the 2014 issue.

Notes:

CRS Report.

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Aug. 2015). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division. National Monuments and the Antiquities Act

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