Public lands transfer?

[brocksw]

Someone have some insight on this?

Congress moves to give away national lands, discounting billions in revenue and millions of jobs | Environment | The Guardian

Here is the link to Congress.... Reference to public land is towards the bottom.
Text - H.Res.5 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): Adopting rules for the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress. | Congress.gov | Library of Congress

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[ChrisS]

It's basically a rule change that discounts the value of federal land to essentially zero. It was added to a broader set of rules, which had to be passed, but has no enforceable meaning. It's not good and a step in the wrong direction, IMO, but any transfer of land will ultimately have to go through a public congressional vote, then a senate vote, then be approved by the president. As of now, a stand alone bill to transfer any sizeable chunk of land would be DOA because I doubt it would make it through the senate and even a congressional vote would be difficult.

A stealthy amendment to a bigger bill, like the budget, would be the thing to worry about.

 

[brocksw]

It's basically a rule change that discounts the value of federal land to essentially zero. It was added to a broader set of rules, which had to be passed, but has no enforceable meaning. It's not good and a step in the wrong direction, IMO, but any transfer of land will ultimately have to go through a public congressional vote, then a senate vote, then be approved by the president. As of now, a stand alone bill to transfer any sizeable chunk of land would be DOA because I doubt it would make it through the senate and even a congressional vote would be difficult.

A stealthy amendment to a bigger bill, like the budget, would be the thing to worry about.

Thank you

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[skaldugwas]

It means we should all be shitting our pants right now if we aren't already.


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[brocksw]

And then it magically appears...
Actions - H.R.621 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): To direct the Secretary of the Interior to sell certain Federal lands in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming, previously identified as suitable for disposal, and for other purposes. | Congress.gov | Library of Congress

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[brocksw]

Bill is sponsored by the Republican in Utah - Jason Chaffetz.

Wonder what the likelihood of this going through is....

Haven't found any statements made by zinke.
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