Senate vote public lands sale

[Gila]

I will let HOWL and the Wildlife Federation declare victory.

 

[xsn10s]

Personally I'm against it. I grew up in the Midwest and open land is pretty scare. The West and Alaska are some of the only open areas left that I know of. Just my two cents.

 

[Crowmangler]

Looks like "based" Mike Lee needs all this land to build housing with our tax money to resettle all these refugees. POS

 

[average]

Probably take the loss here then use jingoism to push it through when they need to fund the upcoming war

 

[Jason Snyder]

Keep up the heat. Senator Lee is trying to make deals. Please call your senators and ask them to completely strip public land sales from the reconciliation bill. There is already a mechanism to dispose of public land and parcels have already been identified as potentially disposable parcels for housing use.

FMPLA mandates the proceeds go to habitat restoration/acquisition. The language in the reconciliation bill eliminates this requirement.

 

[olsont2]

Just keep calling your senators!

 

[HighUintas]

Keep up the heat. Senator Lee is trying to make deals. Please call your senators and ask them to completely strip public land sales from the reconciliation bill. There is already a mechanism to dispose of public land and parcels have already been identified as potentially disposable parcels for housing use.

FMPLA mandates the proceeds go to habitat restoration/acquisition. The language in the reconciliation bill eliminates this requirement.

Thank you for keeping this thread up top and on track. This is the best rokslide effort/thread I've seen to help protect our land

 

[Jason Snyder]

Thank you for keeping this thread up top and on track. This is the best rokslide effort/thread I've seen to help protect our land

Thank you to everyone who has called and emailed. Let’s cut the head off the snake. Keep hammering this one. Call one more time and drive the message home.

One of Mike Lees biggest donors is the real estate industry.

 

[Zak406]

I don't really believe him, but ...

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He’s making changes alright to pound us in the ass some more. If he wants to do good remove it from the bill not change it to make others happy.


Btw I called Ohio and Alaska senators and no call back from any of the four.

I still don’t think this will make it through because it’s political suicide for those involved but it’s terrible I got to waste my lunches calling and leaving messages

 

[Hun10-freak]

 

[Lee_R]

You beat me to it, thanks for posting!

Fwiw, there's lots of email/letter templates out there, RMEF for one that'll help you contact your rep/senators if you need it.

 

[JohnJohnson]

I'm seeing reporting that this proposal was ruled by the senate parliamentarian as not complying with the Byrd Rule. It's (supposedly) one of the Byrd ruling that are being released tonight.

 

[Poser]

I'm seeing reporting that this proposal was ruled by the senate parliamentarian as not complying with the Byrd Rule. It's (supposedly) one of the Byrd ruling that are being released tonight.

Because I had to look up the Byrd rule, here is the FYI for anyone else:

The Byrd Rule, named after Senator Robert Byrd, is a Senate rule that restricts the inclusion of extraneous provisions in budget reconciliation bills. It was adopted in 1985 and amended in 1990. The rule prevents the use of reconciliation to pass legislation that is not directly related to budgetary matters.

 

[nettereo16]

I'm seeing reporting that this proposal was ruled by the senate parliamentarian as not complying with the Byrd Rule. It's (supposedly) one of the Byrd ruling that are being released tonight.

I saw a X post on that the land proposal failed the Byrd review haven’t seen anything officially posted yet this morning with the latest batch of Byrd decisions.

SBR/Suppressor NFA removal up for Byrd review today

 

[Poser]

I am seeing evidence that supports this:

But the parliamentarian’s latest rulings will force Republicans to either strip those provisions from the bill or secure a 60-vote supermajority to keep them in, a nearly impossible hurdle given that Senate Republicans only hold 53 seats. MacDonough ruled that some of the provisions have little business in a budget reconciliation bill, which can make big changes to how the federal government spends money but, under Senate rules, isn’t allowed to substantively change policy.

Provisions Continue to Violate the Byrd Rule in the Republicans’ “One Big, Beautiful Bill” | U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget

The Official U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget

www.budget.senate.gov

Provisions Subject to a 60-Vote Byrd Rule Point of Order

Energy and Natural Resources

NEPA compliance. These provisions deem offshore oil and gas projects as automatically compliant with the National Environmental Policy Act, nullifying these projects’ environmental review processes. (Subsection 102(b)(4) and Subsection 102(b)(5))

Offshore oil and gas leasing. This subsection requires leases to be issued to successful bidders within 90 days after the lease sale. (Subsection 102(b)(6))

Ambler Road. This section requires the Secretary of the Interior to permit construction of Ambler Road, a controversial mining road in Alaska. (Section 201)

*******Mandatory public land sales.****** This section mandates the unprecedented sale of millions of acres of public land, including from both Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service lands. (Section 301)

Renewable energy fees. This subsection removes the Secretary of the Interior’s discretion to reduce fees for solar and wind projects on Bureau of Land Management land. (Subsection 303(e))

Geothermal leasing and royalties. These sections require the Secretary of the Interior to hold yearly geothermal lease sales and purport to change how geothermal royalties are calculated. (Section 305 and Section 306)

Natural gas exports and imports. This section creates a pay-to-play regime for natural gas exports, allowing natural gas exporters to pay a fee to have their project be deemed “in the public interest,” which is a requirement for approval. (Section 401)

Still Under Review

Offshore oil and gas leasing. This section would require that 90 percent of the revenue from lease sales in the Cook Inlet go to the state of Alaska, starting in 2035, the year after the ten-year budget window. (Section 102(b)(2))

National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. This section would require oil and gas lease sales in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. (Section 105)

Coal leasing. This section would require the Secretary of the Interior to approve new coal lease applications, and any additional approvals needed to mine previously issued coal leases within 90 days of receipt. (Section 201)

The Parliamentarian’s advice is based on whether a provision is appropriate for reconciliation and conforms to the limitations of the Byrd Rule; it is not a judgement on the relative merits of a particular policy.

 

[mt terry d]

The rule prevents the use of reconciliation to pass legislation that is not directly related to budgetary matters.

It doesn't prevent $h!t.
They do whatever they damn well please.
Ever heard of "shall not infringe" ?

 

[csrichardson97]

Step in the right direction. Still got to keep up the fight.

 

[WRO]

His latest proposal actually makes sense, as long as there's a reasonable definition of population center.

 

[RyanT26]

What is the definition of a population center?
A community of 50 people, 10k, 50k?
I just don’t believe there’s gonna be any truly affordable housing built.

 

[Jason Snyder]

Step in the right direction. Still got to keep up the fight.
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This is a red herring. There is already the ability under FPLMA to sell isolated parcels. In fact, RMPs around Kemmerer and Evanston identify BLM lands that could be disposed of for housing developments.

Don’t trust Mike Lee. Ask your Senators to kill this bill.