[Vision2020] HR 3855

Sat Jan 7 09:32:01 PST 2006

This bill scares me.  It appears to be loaded with potential "pork",
especially that portion of the bill stating "and future disasters".

I assume that forest land will continue to be harvested for the sake of
"future disasters".  This revenue will then be placed into the Fund for
Disaster Relief.

Well . . . if it smells like a pig, walks like a pig, and smells like a pig,
we can readily assume that it is pork, a consequence of raping our land.

And the beat goes on . . .

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving
safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in
sideways, chocolate in one hand, a drink in the other, body thoroughly used
up, totally worn out and screaming 'WOO HOO. What a ride!'"

-----Original Message-----
From: Janesta Carcich [mailto:janestacarcich at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 9:04 AM
To: Tom Hansen; Moscow Vision 2020
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] HR 3855

Pardon me? Does this mean what I think it does?

--- Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:

> 109th CONGRESS
> 
>  
> 
> 1st Session
> 
>  
> 
> H. R. 3855
> 
>  
> 
> To raise funds necessary to respond to Hurricane
> Katrina and future
> disasters by selling a portion of the lands
> administered by the Forest
> Service and the Department of the Interior, and for
> other purposes. 
> 
>  
> 
> IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
> 
>  
> 
> September 21, 2005
> 
>  
> 
> Mr. TANCREDO (for himself, Mr. FLAKE, Mr.
> ROHRABACHER, Mrs. CUBIN, Mr.
> WELDON of Florida, Mr. PITTS, Mr. FEENEY, Mr. AKIN,
> Mrs. MYRICK, Mr.
> BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. POE, Mr. BISHOP of Utah,
> and Mr. OTTER) introduced
> the following bill; which was referred to the
> Committee on Resources, and in
> addition to the Committees on Agriculture and
> Transportation and
> Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently
> determined by the Speaker,
> in each case for consideration of such provisions as
> fall within the
> jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
> 
>  
> 
>
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> 
> A BILL
> 
>  
> 
> To raise funds necessary to respond to Hurricane
> Katrina and future
> disasters by selling a portion of the lands
> administered by the Forest
> Service and the Department of the Interior, and for
> other purposes. 
> 
>  
> 
> Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
> Representatives of the United
> States of America in Congress assembled,
> 
>  
> 
> SECTION 1. SALE OF NATIONAL FOREST AND DEPARTMENT OF
> THE INTERIOR LANDS TO
> RAISE FUNDS FOR DISASTER RELIEF.
> 
>  
> 
> (a) Sale of National Forest Lands- The Secretary of
> Agriculture shall select
> 15 percent of the lands included in the National
> Forest System (as defined
> in section 11(a) of the Forest and Rangeland
> Renewable Resources Planning
> Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1609(a))) and convey all
> right, title, and interest
> of the United States in and to the selected lands by
> public sale.
> 
>  
> 
> (b) Sale of Department of the Interior Lands- The
> Secretary of the Interior
> shall identify 15 percent of the lands managed by
> agencies of the Department
> of the Interior (excluding lands in units of the
> National Park System
> established by Act of Congress and lands held for
> the benefit of an Indian
> tribe) and convey all right, title, and interest of
> the United States in and
> to the identified lands by public sale.
> 
>  
> 
> (c) Priority Locations- The Secretary of Agriculture
> and the Secretary of
> the Interior shall place an emphasis on identifying
> lands for sale under
> this section in those States where the United States
> owns more than 15
> percent of the total land area.
> 
>  
> 
> (d) Commencement of Sales- The Secretary of
> Agriculture and the Secretary of
> the Interior shall complete the identification of
> Federal lands under this
> section and commence the sale of such lands not
> later than October 1, 2006.
> The land sales shall proceed without regard to any
> other provision of law.
> 
>  
> 
> (e) Treatment of Proceeds- All proceeds from the
> sale of Federal lands under
> this section (other than amounts retained to cover
> the administrative costs
> incurred solely to conduct the sales) shall be
> deposited in the special
> account established under subsection (f).
> 
>  
> 
> (f) Disaster Response and Relief Fund-
> 
>  
> 
> (1) ESTABLISHMENT- There is established in the
> Treasury a special account to
> be known as the `Disaster Response and Relief Fund'.
> 
>  
> 
> (2) INVESTMENT- Pending the need to use the special
> account for the purposes
> specified in subsection (g), the Secretary of the
> Treasury shall manage
> amounts in the special account to maximize the
> return to the United States.
> Interest on investments shall also be deposited in
> the special account.
> 
>  
> 
> (g) Use of Fund for Disaster Relief- Amounts in the
> special account shall be
> available only for appropriation to cover or defray
> the costs of responding
> to a natural disaster or terrorist attack in an area
> covered by a disaster
> declaration made by the President under the Robert
> T. Stafford Disaster
> Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121
> et seq.).
> 
>  
> 
> (h) Moratorium on Federal Land Acquisition- Until
> the Secretary of
> Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior comply
> with the duties imposed
> on the Secretaries by this section, an interest in
> land may not be acquired
> by the Forest Service or an agency of the Department
> of the Interior unless
> the acquisition of that land is specifically
> authorized by an Act of
> Congress enacted after the date of the enactment of
> this Act.
> 
>  
> 
>
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> Take care, Moscow.
> 
>  
> 
> Tom Hansen
> 
> Moscow, Idaho
> 
>  
> 
> "Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the
> intention of arriving
> safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but
> rather 
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