Bill Lee: “I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection…”

“I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To modify the authority of the President of the United States to declare national monuments) At the end of subtitle E of title IV, add the following: SEC. 44___. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO DECLARE NATIONAL MONUMENTS. Section 320301 of title 54, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(e) Effective Date.--A proclamation or reservation issued after the date of enactment of this subsection under subsection (a) or (b) shall expire 3 years after proclaimed or reserved unless specifically approved by-- ``(1) a Federal law enacted after the date of the proclamation or reservation; and ``(2) a State law, for each State where the land covered by the proclamation or reservation is located, enacted after the date of the proclamation or reservation.''.”