It would require a president to seek approval of counties, the legislature and the governor in the state where a monument larger than 10,000 acres would be named. It also would limit the reasons that a monument can be designated.
“I do hope that all of my colleagues understand that our problem isn’t [former President Barack] Obama or Trump,” Bishop said. “It’s the underlying law – a statute that provides unilateral authority to dictate national-monument decisions in secrecy and without public input. So we must also realize that the only path to the transparency and accountability we all seek – no matter which party controls the White House – is to amend the act itself.