# 115-hr-4951: Monuments Protection Act

115-hr-4951, Monuments Protection Act, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48] (R-CA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-4951
- Congress: 115
- Title: Monuments Protection Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
- Introduced: 2018-02-06
- Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48] (R-CA)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Monuments Protection Act This bill directs the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture (USDA) to enter into an agreement with a state, the District of Columbia, a federally recognized Indian tribe, a U.S. territory or possession, or a political subdivision that offers to assume activities to resume or continue operations and public access to any covered unit when those activities would not otherwise be carried out: (1) because there is a lapse in available federal funds as a result of a failure to enact appropriations, or (2) because of a failure of the federal government to make sufficient funds available to operate such unit. The bill defines a "covered unit" to mean: public lands; units of the National Park System, the National Wildlife Refuge System, and the National Forest System; federally owned open air monuments and memorials; and federally owned roads and off ramps on all such lands. The bill requires Interior and USDA to reimburse an entity for such activities once funds are made available.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Renacci, James B. [R-OH-16] (R-OH), 2018-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DesJarlais, Scott [R-TN-4] (R-TN), 2018-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2018-02-06T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [115-hr-4951 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4951)

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- [115-hr-2519: The American Legion 100th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-2519)
- [115-hr-2315: To posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to each of Glen Doherty, Tyr…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-2315)
- [115-hr-2740: Rabbi Michoel Ber Weissmandl Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2017 (sic)](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-2740)
- [115-hr-1861: Larry Doby Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-1861)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4951 (as of 2025-11-18).