{"id":"b648efd8-dec2-42ca-924c-f4696f625a1c","feedVisibility":"normal","congress":119,"billType":"s","billNumber":220,"title":"Ending Presidential Overreach on Public Lands Act","displayTitle":"Ending Presidential Overreach on Public Lands Act","abstract":"Ending Presidential Overreach on Public Lands Act This bill removes the president's authority to designate or expand national monuments and gives that authority to Congress instead.","displaySummary":"<p><strong>YVN Summary</strong></p>\n\n<p>If passed, only Congress could create or enlarge a national monument (a protected area of federal land). Today the President can do this alone by public proclamation.\n\nThe bill replaces the whole law with one sentence. Today's law also lets the President reserve land for a monument. It also lets the government accept private land given up for one. Those lines would no longer appear. A Wyoming-only rule that needs Congress's approval would become a rule for every state. The bill has only been sent to a Senate committee. It is not law.</p>","status":"COMMITTEE_CONSIDERATION","topics":["ENVIRONMENT"],"introducedAt":"2025-01-23T00:00:00+00:00","latestActionAt":"2025-01-23T00:00:00+00:00","congressGovUrl":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/220","accountabilityFlags":{"gun_laws":[],"your_money":[],"environment":["↓ President's power to create national monuments — Congress would have to approve"],"workers_jobs":[],"civil_liberties":[],"criminal_justice":[],"corporate_benefits":[],"targeted_provisions":[],"high_earner_benefits":[],"transparency_accountability":[]},"tldr":"Only Congress, not the President, could create or expand national monuments — today the President can do it alone.","summaryStandard":"v2","flagExplainers":{"gun_laws":[],"your_money":[],"environment":["Today the President can declare a national monument on federal land with a public proclamation. Under this bill, creating or enlarging one would need express approval from Congress."],"workers_jobs":[],"civil_liberties":[],"criminal_justice":[],"corporate_benefits":[],"targeted_provisions":[],"high_earner_benefits":[],"transparency_accountability":[]},"flagValence":{"gun_laws":[],"your_money":[],"environment":["contested"],"workers_jobs":[],"civil_liberties":[],"criminal_justice":[],"corporate_benefits":[],"targeted_provisions":[],"high_earner_benefits":[],"transparency_accountability":[]},"needsResummary":false,"displaySummaryHtml":null,"rawStatusText":"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.","chamber":"SENATE","policyArea":"Public Lands and Natural Resources","legislativeSubjects":["Monuments and memorials","Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents"],"lawStatus":null,"lawNumber":null,"latestActionText":"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.","latestTextVersion":"Introduced in Senate","textVersionUsed":"Introduced in Senate","dateAdded":"2026-04-09T00:00:00+00:00","summarizedAt":"2026-10-24T10:00:24.641783+00:00","recordId":"b648efd8-dec2-42ca-924c-f4696f625a1c","feedIdentityKey":"119/s/220","websiteBillId":"S-220","yourvoiceSummary":"If passed, only Congress could create or enlarge a national monument (a protected area of federal land). Today the President can do this alone by public proclamation.\n\nThe bill replaces the whole law with one sentence. Today's law also lets the President reserve land for a monument. It also lets the government accept private land given up for one. Those lines would no longer appear. A Wyoming-only rule that needs Congress's approval would become a rule for every state. The bill has only been sent to a Senate committee. It is not law.","updatedAt":"2026-10-25T03:37:06.27088+00:00"}