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President Trump issued a proclamation drastically reducing the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument from approximately 1.87 million acres to about 181,541 acres, removing roughly 1.69 million acres from monument protection. The excluded lands will open to mining, mineral leasing, and other disposition 60 days after the proclamation date. The action reverses President Biden's 2021 expansion (Proclamation 10286) and reinstates a much smaller version closer to Trump's 2017 reduction, citing the Antiquities Act's "smallest area compatible" requirement and national security needs for domestic critical minerals production.
This proclamation restores the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument to its original boundaries of approximately 1.87 million acres as they existed before December 4, 2017, revoking the reduction made by President Trump in Proclamation 9682. It reinstates full Antiquities Act protection, withdraws lands from mining and mineral leasing, and directs the Secretary of the Interior to manage the monument through the Bureau of Land Management.
This executive order amends the Manual for Courts-Martial to implement the Military Justice Act of 2016, with most changes taking effect January 1, 2019. It includes detailed transition rules preserving old procedures for pre-2019 offenses and cases, and requires the Secretary of Defense to issue nonbinding guidance on charge disposition.