HCM 2007
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-sixth Legislature
Second Regular Session
HCM2007: Grand Canyon Footprints monument; repeal
Sponsor: Representative Biasiucci, LD 30
Committee on Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs
Overview
Urges the President of the United States to rescind or revoke the designation of the Grand
Canyon National Monument, and to oppose the designation of any federal or mineral
withdrawal that seeks to limit activities in the Arizona Strip.
History
Presidential Proclamation 10606 on August 8, 2023 established the Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah
Kukveni Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument.
The Antiquities Act of 1906 authorizes the President of the United States to declare by public
proclamation historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures and other objects of
historic or scientific interest on lands owned or controlled by the United States as national
monuments.
Provisions
1. Urges the President of the U.S. to:
a) rescind or revoke the designation of the Grand Canyon National Monument;
b) oppose the designation of any future permanent federal or mineral withdrawal that
seeks to limit critical mineral, metal and aggregate mining, cattle grazing or multiple-
use activities in the Arizona Strip;
c) not designate any national monument, park, wildlife refuge, conservation area, area
of critical environmental concern, wild and scenic river, wilderness or wilderness
characteristic area of any other federal special use designation, land, mineral
reservation or withdrawal in Arizona without the express authorization of:
i. the U.S. Congress;
ii. the Arizona State Legislature while in session; and
iii. the members of the county board of supervisors in each county that would be
impacted by the designation, reservation or withdrawal.
2. Requests the Arizona Secretary of State to transmit the Memorial to the President of the
U.S., the President of the U.S. Senate, the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
and each member of the U.S. Congress from Arizona.
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