Donument Act

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2390 To establish the Southern Border Wall National Monument, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APRIL 8, 2021 Mr. CAWTHORN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To establish the Southern Border Wall National Monument, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Donument Act’’. 4 SEC. 2. SOUTHERN BORDER WALL NATIONAL MONUMENT. 5 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established, 6 in the States of California, Arizona, New Mexico, and 7 Texas, the Southern Border Wall National Monument to 8 protect the southern border wall from alteration. 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:33 May 27, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2390.IH H2390 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 2390 IH (b) AREA INCLUDED.—The National Monument shall 1 consist of portions of the southern border wall and lands 2 and interests therein comprising approximately 289,920 3 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled 4 ‘‘lllllllll’’, numbered 5 llllllll, and dated llllllllll. 6 (c) MAP.—The map referred to in subsection (b) shall 7 be on file and available for public inspection in the offices 8 of the Bureau of Land Management, Department of the 9 Interior. 10 (d) ADMINISTRATION.— 11 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 12 through the Director of the Bureau of Land Man- 13 agement, shall administer the National Monument. 14 (2) ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION.—The Sec- 15 retary shall establish administrative jurisdiction over 16 portions of the southern border wall within the Na- 17 tional Monument as necessary to carry out this Act 18 by entering into memoranda of understanding with 19 the following: 20 (A) The head of each Federal department 21 or agency with administrative jurisdiction over 22 land within the National Monument on which 23 portions of the southern border wall are located. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:33 May 27, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2390.IH H2390 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 2390 IH (B) The governing body of each Indian 1 Tribe with administrative jurisdiction over land 2 within the National Monument on which por- 3 tions of the southern border wall are located. 4 (e) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 5 (1) DEADLINE FOR COMPLETION.—Not later 6 than 3 years after the date on which funds are first 7 made available to the Secretary for the preparation 8 of a general management plan for the National 9 Monument, the Secretary shall prepare a general 10 management plan for the National Monument. 11 (2) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—On completion 12 of the general management plan under paragraph 13 (1), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 14 Natural Resources of the House of Representatives 15 and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re- 16 sources of the Senate the general management plan 17 under such paragraph. 18 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 19 (1) NATIONAL MONUMENT.—The term ‘‘Na- 20 tional Monument’’ means the Southern Border Wall 21 National Monument established in subsection (a). 22 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 23 the Secretary of the Interior. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:33 May 27, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2390.IH H2390 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 2390 IH (3) SOUTHERN BORDER WALL.—The term 1 ‘‘southern border wall’’ means any portion of a phys- 2 ical wall constructed pursuant to Federal law or Ex- 3 ecutive order to serve as a barrier along the United 4 States border with Mexico. 5 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:33 May 27, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2390.IH H2390 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS