Hotspring 44
06-26-2014, 11:36 PM
Petition from CREDO MOBILIZE
Tell your Congress representatives: NO on HR 1459 (https://www.credomobilize.com/petitions/kill-the-monument-bill-hr-1459?source=mailto_sp&sp_ref=47640740.4.7406.e.26594.2),
Text of HR1459 as is in https://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1459
which passed the House on March 26th, proposes to subject each antiquities proclamation to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, which would mean that monuments would only be even truly considered after an average waiting time of six years, without holds on fracking, mining, or other harmful activities. It also limits each president to one proclamation per term.
This renders the Antiquities Act completely useless and would allow Big Money to wantonly destroy American heritage sites for their own profit. Rob Bishop, the sponsor, says this is to allow public involvement in the site; but in reality, the amendment simply allows Congress to hold prospective monuments hostage while corporations tear them apart.
More of the reasoning is on the Credo Mobilize petition page (https://www.credomobilize.com/petitions/kill-the-monument-bill-hr-1459?akid=11045.7914407.DwjI1Q&rd=1&suppress_one_click=true&t=3)
Tell your Congress representatives: NO on HR 1459 (https://www.credomobilize.com/petitions/kill-the-monument-bill-hr-1459?source=mailto_sp&sp_ref=47640740.4.7406.e.26594.2),
Text of HR1459 as is in https://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1459
which passed the House on March 26th, proposes to subject each antiquities proclamation to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, which would mean that monuments would only be even truly considered after an average waiting time of six years, without holds on fracking, mining, or other harmful activities. It also limits each president to one proclamation per term.
This renders the Antiquities Act completely useless and would allow Big Money to wantonly destroy American heritage sites for their own profit. Rob Bishop, the sponsor, says this is to allow public involvement in the site; but in reality, the amendment simply allows Congress to hold prospective monuments hostage while corporations tear them apart.
More of the reasoning is on the Credo Mobilize petition page (https://www.credomobilize.com/petitions/kill-the-monument-bill-hr-1459?akid=11045.7914407.DwjI1Q&rd=1&suppress_one_click=true&t=3)