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House committee OKs bill to curb president’s monument-creation power under 111-year-old Antiquities Act

Bishop says dramatic change needed to end years of abuse of power.<br>

Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke tours the Butler Wash Indian ruins within Bears Ears National Monument in southeastern Utah. Interior Secretary Zinke is touring the monument, including Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument this week as part of a review order by President Trump.