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Utah lawmaker wants presidential monument creation nixed

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Two federal agencies recently approved the resource management plan for Bears Ears National Monument .

Rep. Celeste Maloy , R- Utah , introduced legislation to strip presidential authority to create monuments.

The Center for Western Priorities blasted Rep. Maloy ’s bill as “the presidential power to protect public lands is widely supported by Western voters, who know Congress is too gridlocked to get the job done”.

Under President Joe Biden ’s direction, a third Interior secretary, Deb Haaland , revisited both monuments and restored them to their original size. If Trump ’s nominee to lead the Department of Interior , Doug Burgum gets confirmed, will yet another Interior secretary visit the monuments? It remains to be seen, but he’s already received an invitation to come to Utah by Sen. Mike Lee , R- Utah , who heads up the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee ..

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