Originally Posted by JohnBurns
Originally Posted by Brad
I wrote mine this morning to oppose H.R.622 - Local Enforcement for Local Lands Act.

It's a Trojan Horse to begin the process of land grabbing slowly and by other means.


Forest Service and BLM Law Enforcement needs dialing back.

I have not studied H.R. 622 and it may indeed be a Trojan Horse but the F.S. and BLM needs to be focused on land management and not DUIs, vehicle registration, or state hunting regs.

The Utah reps are floating some seriously dumb Federal Lands ideas but there is a strong contingent in the current Admin. and other western states that have their number and are vehemently opposed to the idea of selling off Federal Land.
It's not about dialing it back its about eliminating those agencies to have law enforcement at all! To then provide grants to the states to take over those law enforcement duties. IMO, it's a bad deal all the way around. So, please to study it and then contact your reps. I did so last week and will do so again this week.

Here's a link to the bill:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/622/text

Here's the 'official title':
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Official Title as Introduced:

To terminate the law enforcement functions of the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management and to provide block grants to States for the enforcement of Federal law on Federal land under the jurisdiction of these agencies, and for other purposes.


And yes, lots of idiocy coming out of the Utah delegation.