H. R. 2645 proposes changes to the Antiquities Act to increase the role of Congress in overseeing the creation of national monuments. Under the bill, national monuments or land reservations would only be automatically effective for up to six months, or until the end of the...
Simple Explanation
This bill wants to change the rules about how land can become protected like a national park. It says Congress should help decide what lands get protected as special places, but if they can't agree within a certain time, that land can't be thought about again for 25 years.