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Re: [RC] selling off national forest lands - Diane TrefethenI googled this: ------------------ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10456692/ AP Associated Press Updated: 8:28 p.m. ET Dec. 13, 2005 WASHINGTON - House Republicans have dropped a provision in budget legislation that would have allowed the sale of public lands for mining. Western senators had criticized the provision, which would have overturned an 11-year-old congressional ban that prevents mineral companies from “patenting,” or buying, public land at cheap prices if the land contains mineral deposits. Nevada Rep. Jim Gibbons, R-Nev., author of the mining legislation, revised the provision Monday in an attempt to gain some Western support. The new version dropped language that would have allowed the direct sale of some lands that no longer contained minerals. --------------------------- That's THIS time. dt =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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