Editing Rob Bishop (section)

==== Land use and the environment ====
Bishop supports repeal of the [[Endangered Species Act of 1973]], saying it has been "hijacked" to control land and block economic development, and that he "would love to invalidate" the law.<ref>{{cite news |title=GOP Wants to Change Endangered Species Act |date=January 17, 2017 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |publisher=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2017/0118/Endangered-Species-Act-get-ready-for-big-changes-says-GOP |access-date=February 5, 2017 |first1=Matthew |first2=Matthew |last1=Brown |last2=Daly |archive-date=February 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204184148/http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2017/0118/Endangered-Species-Act-get-ready-for-big-changes-says-GOP |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/c4809b5e9f4641ffa45e09b390030293|title=GOP targets landmark Endangered Species Act for big changes|work=The Big Story|access-date=2017-03-11|language=en-US|archive-date=2017-02-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170209105406/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/c4809b5e9f4641ffa45e09b390030293|url-status=live}}</ref> Bishop is among those most critical of the [[Antiquities Act]].<ref name=npr20170205>{{cite news |title=Utah Representative Wants Bears Ears Gone And He Wants Trump To Do It |date=February 5, 2017 |first=Kirk |last=Siegler |author-link=Kirk Siegler |access-date=February 5, 2017 |url=https://www.npr.org/2017/02/05/513492389/utah-representative-wants-bears-ears-gone-and-he-wants-trump-to-do-it |publisher=[[NPR]] |work=[[Weekend Edition]] |archive-date=February 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205141355/http://www.npr.org/2017/02/05/513492389/utah-representative-wants-bears-ears-gone-and-he-wants-trump-to-do-it |url-status=live }}</ref> Bishop opposed the designation of the [[Bears Ears National Monument]] and supports repealing or shrinking the designation.<ref name=npr20170205/><ref>{{cite news |last=Davenport |first=Coral |title=Obama Designates Monuments in Nevada and Utah |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 29, 2016 |access-date=February 5, 2017 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/28/us/politics/obama-national-monument-bears-ears-utah-gold-butte.html |archive-date=April 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210409132142/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/28/us/politics/obama-national-monument-bears-ears-utah-gold-butte.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Bishop supports transferring federal public lands to the states.<ref>{{cite news |title=Congress moves to give away national lands, discounting billions in revenue |first=Heather |last=Hansman |date=January 19, 2017 |access-date=February 5, 2017 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jan/19/bureau-land-management-federal-lease |archive-date=February 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205100416/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jan/19/bureau-land-management-federal-lease |url-status=live }}</ref> Despite this, Bishop sponsored a successful amendment to the 2006 [[National Defense Authorization Act]] to create the [[Cedar Mountain Wilderness]], specifically to block transportation access to the [[Private Fuel Storage]] nuclear storage facility on [[Goshute]]'s [[Skull Valley Indian Reservation]] land in [[Tooele County]].<ref name="FahysQuits">Judy Fahys, [http://archive.sltrib.com/story.php?ref=/sltrib/politics/55513674-90/consortium-friday-license-nrc.html.csp Utah N-waste site backers call it quits] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001185723/https://archive.sltrib.com/story.php?ref=/sltrib/politics/55513674-90/consortium-friday-license-nrc.html.csp |date=2020-10-01 }}, ''Salt Lake Tribune'' (December 21, 2012).</ref><ref name="nrc0620">{{Cite web |title=Policy Issue Notation Vote SECY-06-0020 |work=nrc.gov |date=1 February 2006 |access-date=3 August 2020 |url=https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/commission/secys/2006/secy2006-0020/2006-0020scy.pdf |archive-date=24 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024043428/https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/commission/secys/2006/secy2006-0020/2006-0020scy.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

In February 2011, Bishop introduced a budget amendment<ref>{{cite web|url=http://robbishop.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=225394|title=Bishop Introduces Amendment to Defund National Landscape Conservation System|date=16 February 2011|access-date=5 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303053626/http://robbishop.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=225394|archive-date=3 March 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}{{Self-published source|date=February 2017}}</ref> that would have defunded the [[National Landscape Conservation System]], which manages 27 million acres of [[Bureau of Land Management]] land, including the [[U.S. National Monument|National Monument]], [[National Conservation Area]], [[National Wilderness Preservation System|National Wilderness Preservation]], [[National Wild and Scenic Rivers]], [[National Scenic Trail]], [[National Historic Trail]] systems and other systems. After coming under fire for introducing this amendment,<ref>{{cite news |title=Groups blast Bishop over 'gutting' landscape conservation |first=Amy Joi |last=O'Donoghue |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705366847/Groups-blast-Bishop-over-gutting-landscape-conservation.html |access-date=July 5, 2011 |date=February 16, 2011 |newspaper=[[Deseret News]] |archive-date=September 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110907083920/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705366847/Groups-blast-Bishop-over-gutting-landscape-conservation.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Bishop withdrew it.

On April 10, 2013, Bishop introduced the [[Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act]]. The bill would amend the [[Antiquities Act of 1906]] to subject [[National monument (United States)|national monument]] declarations by the President to the [[National Environmental Policy Act of 1969]] (NEPA).<ref name="1459sum">{{cite web|title=H.R. 1459 – Summary|url=http://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1459|publisher=United States Congress|access-date=24 March 2014|archive-date=3 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140403070404/http://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1459|url-status=live}}</ref> At present, the [[President of the United States]] can unilaterally designate areas of federally-owned land as a national monument, whereas national parks and other areas are required to be enacted into law by the [[United States Congress]].<ref name="IBTjohanson">{{cite news|last=Johanson|first=Mark|title=GOP Bill Could Mean 'No More National Parks,' Public Land Advocates Warn|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/gop-bill-could-mean-no-more-national-parks-public-land-advocates-warn-1563152|access-date=24 March 2014|newspaper=International Business Times|date=24 March 2014|archive-date=28 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328085844/http://www.ibtimes.com/gop-bill-could-mean-no-more-national-parks-public-land-advocates-warn-1563152|url-status=live}}</ref> Bishop argued that "the American people deserve the opportunity to participate in land-use decisions regardless of whether they are made in Congress or by the President". He claims his new bill would ensure "that new national monuments are created openly with consideration of public input".<ref name="IBTjohanson" />

In March 2019, Bishop said that "the ideas behind the Green New Deal are tantamount to [[genocide]]".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/14/politics/rob-bishop-green-new-deal-tantamount-genocide/index.html|title=Republican lawmaker: Green New Deal 'tantamount to genocide'|author=Elizabeth Landers|website=CNN|date=14 March 2019|access-date=2019-03-15|archive-date=2019-03-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190314231331/https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/14/politics/rob-bishop-green-new-deal-tantamount-genocide/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Asked to elaborate how this was similar to genocide, Bishop answered, "I’m an ethnic. I’m a westerner."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.axios.com/gop-lawmaker-compares-green-new-deal-to-genocide-d2a52031-a66d-4f23-af55-0958233d3526.html|title=GOP lawmaker: Green New Deal is like genocide|website=Axios|language=en|access-date=2019-03-15|archive-date=2019-03-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315081226/https://www.axios.com/gop-lawmaker-compares-green-new-deal-to-genocide-d2a52031-a66d-4f23-af55-0958233d3526.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Asked whether he believed that the Green New Deal would kill him, Bishop said, "If you actually implement everything they want to. Killing would be positive if you implement everything the Green New Deal actually wants to. That’s why the Green New Deal is not ready for prime time."<ref name=":0" />