Bishop: 'Romantic' Antiquities Act needs to be serious

摘要

A pair of Utah lawmakers today reiterated their vows to seek "wholesale reform" of the Antiquities Act but offeredrnfew details beyond a desire to curtail unlimited presidential authority to establish new monuments on public lands.rnBoth House Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop ® and Sen. Mike Lee ® spoke at a Heritage Foundationrnevent on national monuments, arguing for reforms to the 1906 law that allows presidents to set aside monuments to protect areas with cultural, historic or scientific importance.