And Ms. Recce, your testimony talks about the recreational shooting closures at Ironwood, the Ironwood National Monument, the Sonoran Desert National Monument.

To have it off the Mall we think sends a disservice to--sends a message that we value the service and sacrifice of the World War I veterans less than we do the other wars.

Under this legislation, what would happen to that process?

Let me ask you about the Flake bill. The bill permits the closure and restriction of national monument lands by the BLM for specific reasons, including national security and public safety.

Regardless of circumstances, regardless of situations on the ground, and, quite frankly, regardless of community opinion.

And the six-month issue makes a blanket legislative policy for the entire Nation.

I am going to have other questions.

In other words, didn't everybody included in the NRA know that local land management agencies, Arizona Game and Fish, and community members were looking at recreational shooting issues throughout the entire Tucson basin?

The Commemorative Works Act states very clearly that new memorials should not encroach upon existing memorials or change the message.

But if the legislation exempts the state from having to carry out any of the negotiated mitigation...

Mr. Grijalva. Thank you. Mr. May, Representative Poe's bill renames the District of Columbia's World War I Memorial.