Federal Lands Subcommittee, Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee, Natural Resources Committee
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
Marine Access and State Transparency or the MAST Act This bill requires the President, before a national monument may be designated on public land, to obtain congressional approval and certify compliance with environmental review requirements. The bill bars the President from declaring any area of the exclusive economic zone to be a national monument unless such a declaration is specifically authorized by statute, the President has submitted a proposal to make the declaration to the governor of each state or territory located within 200 nautical miles of that area, each governor submits to the President a notice that the legislature of that state or territory has approved the proposal, and the declaration is substantially the same as the proposal. The bill prohibits the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, with respect to any area of the exclusive economic zone that is designated as a national monument, from implementing any restrictions on the public use of such a national monument until the expiration of an appropriate review period providing for public input and congressional approval.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Congressional oversightEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchIntergovernmental relationsLand use and conservationMarine and coastal resources, fisheriesMonuments and memorialsParks, recreation areas, trailsPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsState and local government operationsWilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
MAST Act
USA117th CongressHR-629| House
| Updated: 2/22/2021
Marine Access and State Transparency or the MAST Act This bill requires the President, before a national monument may be designated on public land, to obtain congressional approval and certify compliance with environmental review requirements. The bill bars the President from declaring any area of the exclusive economic zone to be a national monument unless such a declaration is specifically authorized by statute, the President has submitted a proposal to make the declaration to the governor of each state or territory located within 200 nautical miles of that area, each governor submits to the President a notice that the legislature of that state or territory has approved the proposal, and the declaration is substantially the same as the proposal. The bill prohibits the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, with respect to any area of the exclusive economic zone that is designated as a national monument, from implementing any restrictions on the public use of such a national monument until the expiration of an appropriate review period providing for public input and congressional approval.
Federal Lands Subcommittee, Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee, Natural Resources Committee
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
Congressional oversightEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchIntergovernmental relationsLand use and conservationMarine and coastal resources, fisheriesMonuments and memorialsParks, recreation areas, trailsPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsState and local government operationsWilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats