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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe House just made it a lot easier to sell off national parks
Is there nothing these asshats won't try to destroy???
Nicole Gentile
@amprog Public Lands Project. All tweets are my own.
7 hrs ago
The House just made it a lot easier to sell off national parks
The House now officially values public lands at $0.
The U.S. House of Representatives just made it easier for the government to sell or give away national parks, national forests, and other public lands.
A new rule, written by House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT), establishes as fact that any legislation to dispose of public lands and natural resources would cost taxpayers exactly $0. This paves the way for the new Congress to get rid of vast swaths of public lands all at the expense of the American taxpayer.
Under Congressional Budget Office accounting rules, the House is required to account for the cost of any legislation it considers. Now, the House does not need to even estimate any financial losses from giving away public land. Bills to dispose of public land will skip several steps in the normal legislative process, coming up for a vote without any discussion of the costs and benefits. The House approved the rules change by a vote of 234 to 193 on Tuesday.
Since the move applies only to House rules, it is not subject to approval by the Senate or a presidential signature. It is effective immediately.
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https://thinkprogress.org/house-officially-says-parks-have-no-value-3e5c588867fd#.hij227i4k
2naSalit
(86,775 posts)They try to do that around here and there will be a range war to end all range wars.
FreakinDJ
(17,644 posts)They have been after these lands for a very long time
2naSalit
(86,775 posts)My masters is in public land/wildlife management policy, and I live between a large national park and a large wilderness area, I work for the agencies who administer them for us in the summer.
TheBlackAdder
(28,211 posts)Nictuku
(3,617 posts)panader0
(25,816 posts)will be met with resistance. Check out the DAPL. It's not just reservations
that are at stake. Warning: Stay away from my National Parks.
Bettie
(16,124 posts)Coming soon.