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On the recordApril 15, 2013
Originally intended for the preservation of often-vandalized archeological sites, the Antiquities Act of 1906 granted the President unilateral authority to proclaim national monuments on Federal lands.
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina

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Foxx discusses the Antiquities Act and its implications for national monuments.

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