# Plain Language Summary of the Donument Act

This bill would create a new national monument along the U.S.-Mexico border that spans across California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. The monument would cover approximately 290,000 acres and would be specifically designed to protect the southern border wall from being altered or damaged. The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management would be responsible for managing and administering this monument, similar to how other national monuments are managed.

The bill requires the government to work with other federal agencies and Native American tribes that have land or jurisdiction in the monument area. This means the Interior Department would need to sign agreements with these groups to coordinate how the border wall is protected and maintained on their lands. The government would also need to create a detailed management plan within three years that outlines how the monument will be operated and protected, which would then be submitted to Congress for review.

In practical terms, this would essentially turn the border wall and the surrounding land into a protected site with the same legal status as other national monuments. This could affect people living near the border, as it might restrict certain activities on the protected lands and establish specific rules for how the area is managed. It would also require federal resources and funding to develop management plans and oversee the monument's operations. The bill doesn't specify what activities would be allowed or prohibited in the monument area, so those details would be determined later through the management planning process.

Donument Act

Cawthorn, Madison

Donument Act This bill establishes the Southern Border Wall National Monument in the states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas to protect the southern border wall from alteration. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) shall administer the monument. The BLM shall establish administrative jurisdiction over portions of the southern border wall within the monument as necessary to carry out this bill by entering into memoranda of understanding with <ul> <li> each federal department or agency with administrative jurisdiction over land within the monument on which portions of the wall are located, and </li> <li>the governing body of each Indian tribe with administrative jurisdiction over land within the monument on which portions of the wall are located.</li> </ul> The BLM shall prepare a general management plan for the monument.