# 114-hr-3946: Protecting Local Communities from Executive Overreach Act

114-hr-3946, Protecting Local Communities from Executive Overreach Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9] (R-AZ); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-3946
- Congress: 114
- Title: Protecting Local Communities from Executive Overreach Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
- Introduced: 2015-11-05
- Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9] (R-AZ)
- Cosponsors: 29
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Protecting Local Communities from Executive Overreach Act This bill declares that the President may not designate lands to be a new or expanded national monument unless within one year before a designation the Department of the Interior consults with each community, county, municipality, city, town, or township with boundaries within or adjacent to the land affected by the designation and obtains concurrence for the designation from: the governing body of each such community, county, municipality, city, town, or township; and the wildlife management and land management authorities and the governor of each state in which the new or expanded national monument would be located. Furthermore, a declaration of a national monument shall not: include private property without the informed written consent of the property owner; be construed to increase the amount of funding for the monument for any fiscal year; apply to more than 5,000 acres; or be used to create or expand a national monument located in specified counties in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, and Utah. Water rights associated with a national monument created or expanded by a declaration: may not be reserved expressly or by implication by such a declaration, and may be acquired for a national monument created or expanded by a declaration only according to the laws of the state in which the water rights are based.

## Cosponsors (29)

- Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2] (R-NV), 2015-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Buck, Ken [R-CO-4] (R-CO), 2015-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] (R-ND), 2015-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cook, Paul [R-CA-8] (R-CA), 2015-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-8] (R-AZ), 2015-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- WALTER JONES (R-NC), 2015-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4] (R-IA), 2015-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY] (R-WY), 2015-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Nugent, Richard B. [R-FL-11] (R-FL), 2015-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2] (R-NM), 2015-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- MATT SALMON (R-AZ), 2015-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2] (R-UT), 2015-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Zinke, Ryan K. [R-MT-1] (R-MT), 2015-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hardy, Cresent [R-NV-4] (R-NV), 2015-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- JOHN DUNCAN (R-TN), 2015-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huelskamp, Tim [R-KS-1] (R-KS), 2015-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] (R-CA), 2015-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5] (R-CO), 2015-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McHenry, Patrick T. [R-NC-10] (R-NC), 2015-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McSally, Martha [R-AZ-2] (R-AZ), 2015-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-1] (R-AZ), 2015-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4] (R-WA), 2015-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Labrador, Raul R. [R-ID-1] (R-ID), 2015-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36] (R-TX), 2015-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Russell, Steve [R-OK-5] (R-OK), 2015-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- GREG WALDEN (R-OR), 2015-11-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4] (R-AR), 2015-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Love, Mia B. [R-UT-4] (R-UT), 2015-12-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22] (R-CA), 2016-02-23T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 114-hr-160: Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2015
- 114-hr-1190: Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015
- 114-hr-4773: Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act
- 114-hr-24: Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2015
- 114-hr-427: Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2015
- 114-hr-3880: Stopping EPA Overreach Act of 2015

## Sources
- [114-hr-3946 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3946)

## Related
- [114-hr-160: Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2015](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-160)
- [114-hr-1190: Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-1190)
- [114-hr-4773: Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4773)
- [114-hr-24: Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2015](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-24)
- [114-hr-427: Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2015](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-427)
- [114-hr-3880: Stopping EPA Overreach Act of 2015](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-3880)
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