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Utah House Passes Resolution Opposing Unilateral Monument Designations, Urges AG to Pursue Legal Options
Summary
The Utah House passed HCR 201 on May 18, 2016, opposing unilateral use of the Antiquities Act for large national monuments in Utah and requesting Attorney General Sean Reyes pursue legal options if a designation occurs; the measure passed 64–10 and will go to the Senate.
The Utah House of Representatives on May 18 passed a concurrent resolution opposing the unilateral use of the Antiquities Act by the president to create large national monuments in Utah and requested that Attorney General Sean Reyes pursue all legal options and recourse if such a designation occurs.
Representative Jerry Stratton, the sponsor, told colleagues the resolution was about process rather than an absolute statement on the appropriateness of any particular monument. "One of those monuments being the Bears Ears National Monument," Stratton said, adding the proposal under discussion was roughly "1,900,000 acres," and urging caution and legislative involvement in the designation process.
Representative Tiara Romero read two paragraphs from the…
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