Not that this is probably any surprise, but today the House Rules Committee added two amendments to the floor debate schedule for the Department of Interior appropriations bill. The floor debate and vote are tomorrow, so contacting your Congressman is very helpful.
Tucson Congressman Biggs (R-AZ) proposed an amendment to transfer funds from the BLM land acquisition account to NPS parks maintenance backlog. This serves no purpose other than to divert money from land acquisitions, as Interior’s parks maintenance bill designates a new funding source for this purpose without diverting money from the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
Another amendment from Congressman Biggs will transfer funds from the USFS land acquisition account, funded via LWCF, to the spending reduction account, further inhibiting the USFS from using their already heavily trimmed budget for any strategic land acquisitions.
ACTION: - If you want to tell your Congressman to vote NO on these Amendments, RMEF has established this landing page where your opposition will be forwarded to your Congressman/woman. Even better is a personal call or email, but commenting here is easy and will help.
Link here - https://elknetwork.com/vote-no-on-lwcf-amendments/#/22/
Wonder what response Congressman Biggs will have when RMEF mobilizes their largest and most profitable Big Game Banquet Chapter, the Tucson Chapter, and informs Congressman Biggs that this kind of backdoor effort to divert the already-reduced land acquisition funds. I hope they light him up.
Tucson Congressman Biggs (R-AZ) proposed an amendment to transfer funds from the BLM land acquisition account to NPS parks maintenance backlog. This serves no purpose other than to divert money from land acquisitions, as Interior’s parks maintenance bill designates a new funding source for this purpose without diverting money from the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
Another amendment from Congressman Biggs will transfer funds from the USFS land acquisition account, funded via LWCF, to the spending reduction account, further inhibiting the USFS from using their already heavily trimmed budget for any strategic land acquisitions.
ACTION: - If you want to tell your Congressman to vote NO on these Amendments, RMEF has established this landing page where your opposition will be forwarded to your Congressman/woman. Even better is a personal call or email, but commenting here is easy and will help.
Link here - https://elknetwork.com/vote-no-on-lwcf-amendments/#/22/
Wonder what response Congressman Biggs will have when RMEF mobilizes their largest and most profitable Big Game Banquet Chapter, the Tucson Chapter, and informs Congressman Biggs that this kind of backdoor effort to divert the already-reduced land acquisition funds. I hope they light him up.
