Rep. Maloy introduces bill that would strip presidential authority to create national monuments and hand that power to Congress.

Rep. Mark Amodei announced plans for legislation that would require congressional approval of all future national monuments in Nevada.

A federal bill filed on Thursday takes aim at the president’s longstanding authority to designate national monuments. The Ending Presidential Overreach on Public Lands Act, sponsored by Reps. Mark Amodei,

U.S. Representative Mark Amodei has helped to introduce a bill that would remove a President’s ability to unilaterally designate national monuments.