Monday, November 7, 2011

National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act - HR 1505.

This huge bill (http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h112-1505) empowers the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to take many thousands of acres of land across the US northern border.  The bill tosses aside many of the existing laws that protect the environment and many historic resources.  This bill is being submitted for “national security” reasons, of course.  Makes me say hum….

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  1. This is a good article that puts some perspective into the numbers of laws the Secretary would rise above if/when enacted.

    http://www.mountaingazette.com/features/snipe-hunting-in-the-war-zone-a-diary-of-peculiar-madness/

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