[Myrddin]

This is also intended to counteract the use of "park" designations as ways to prevent perfectly legitimate uses of the land for mining and oil production. The real "parks" aren't going to be targets of development. It is the former areas that were excluded from use by improper "park" designation that we resume "normal" use. The House is asserting control/oversight where the bureaucrats have overplayed their hands.

[bert]

If that is the case, why is the grand Staircase Escalante administered by the Bureau of Land Management not included?

It is the largest park in the lower 48 and is not under the Dept of interior or agriculture.