Lack-O-Slack - 7-3-2008 at 07:16 AM
The new no-fee bill introduced in the US Senate last December, S.2438, needs more cosponsors to help it move promptly through the Senate.
Your calls to Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein will
demonstrate that citizens of California support an end to fee programs such as Southern California's "Adventure Pass," for access to large parts of
our four National Forests. (Contact info for all Senators is listed below.)
BACKGROUND:
S. 2438, the Fee Repeal and Expanded Access Act (the FREA Act), will terminate access fees for all lands administered by the US Forest Service, BLM,
US Fish & Wildlife Service and Bureau of Reclamation. (These fees began in 1996 with the Fee Demo program and were extended in 2004 by the
current fee legislation, which was attached as a rider to a must-pass appropriations bill.)
For National Parks, S.2438 will require Congressional approval of entry fee increases, and terminate second layer fees such as those for backcountry
access and interpretive programs in National Parks. The new $80 America the Beautiful Pass will be scrapped, and replaced by the former $50 National
Parks Pass.
WHO TO CALL IN DC (Senators in CA)
Senator Barbara Boxer
(202) 224-3553
Senator Dianne Feinstein
(202) 224-3841
Please make calls through the month of March.
Can you ask family and friends also to make these brief calls? This no-fee campaign is entirely a grassroots effort - no nationwide organization is
sending out a mass mailing on this. The success of S.2438 depends on all of us.
WHAT TO SAY
When somebody answers the phone at the Senator's office, simply leave a message asking the Senator please to cosponsor S.2438. Leave your name and
the city or county you live in.
You may also add a brief reason why the Senator should support S.2438, but it's not necessary to go into much detail.
SENATORS IN OTHER STATES
For those in Oregon or Washington, here are the Senators' name and phone numbers:
OREGON - Senator Gordon Smith - (202) 224-3753
Senator Ron Wyden - (202) 224-5244
WASHINGTON - Senator Patty Murray - (202) 224-2621
Senator Maria Cantwell - (202) 224-3441
If you live in another state than CA, OR, or WA, please check out www.senate.gov for a list of Senators and their DC phone numbers.
KYTE SLINGER - 7-3-2008 at 08:22 AM
Mike
You might want to head over to the gun forum:puzzled: if your not into guns, that's fine but you'll be surprise.. granted it revolves around guns but
also 2nd Amend. Politics and Laws
But it post worthy there
http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/index.php
BeamerBob - 7-3-2008 at 09:03 AM
If this is a US Senate issue, why the west coast emphasis? When I do a search of the bill, I come up with a pipeline safety bill.