GLIN==> House Committee Approves LWCF Compromise Measure

[Victoria Pebbles <vpebbles@glc.org>]

Forwarded from the Michigan Mountain Biking Association list:
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>
> Dear Friends of the Land and Water Conservation Fund
>
> Thanks to your tremendous hard work and support, the Land and Water
> Conservation Fund scored a great victory today as members of the House
> Committee on Resources approved, 37 to 12,  the negotiated Conservation
> and Reinvestment Act, the $2.8 billion conservation package that
> includes $900 million in permanent funding  for LWCF, split evenly
> between federal and state programs and $125 million for urban parks and
> recreation under the UPARR program.
>
> After four hours of holding off amendments that would have impaired and
> restricted LWCF and other park and conservation programs, House
> Resources Committee Chairman Don Young (R-AK), with leadership from his
> Republican colleague Representative Billy Tauzin (R-LA), and ranking
> Democrat George Miller (D-CA) secured committee passage of the bill,
> without amendment.  The Chairman and 12 other Republicans, along with
> all 24 Democrats on the committee, voted in favor of the bill. (See how
> the Committee Members voted below).
>
> Chairman Young, Representatives George Miller, Billy Tauzin, Bruce Vento
> (D-MI), Chris John (D-LA), and Tom Udall (D-NM), as well as
> Representative John Dingell (D-MI) -- who is not on the committee but
> played a critical "behind the scenes" role -- deserve a lot of credit
> for crafting and piloting a negotiated Conservation and Reinvestment Act
> that includes a fully and permanently funded  LWCF that retains the
> original integrity of the act.
>
> We commend these members for their leadership -- and those who supported
> the final package -- for taking this first critical step to restoring
> the LWCF promise and making it a reality. We hope you will too. Please
> email them at CARA@mail.house.gov.
>
> House Committee on Resources
> Vote on CARA Bill
> 11/10/99
>
> Republicans
>
> Don Young, (R-AK) Chair  yes
> W.J. (Billy) Tauzin, (R-LA)  yes
> James V. Hansen, (R-UT)  yes
> Jim Saxton, (R-NJ)   yes
> Elton Gallegly, (R-CA)  no
> John J. Duncan, Jr., (R-TN)  nv*
> Joel Hefley, (R-CO)   yes
> John T. Doolittle, (R-CA)  no
> Wayne T. Gilchrest, (R-MD)  yes
> Ken Calvert, (R-CA)   no
> Richard W. Pombo, (R-CA)  no
> Barbara Cubin, (R-WY)  no
> Helen Chenoweth-Hage, (R-ID) no
> George P. Radanovich, (R-CA) nv*
> Walter B. Jones, Jr., (R-NC)  yes
> Wm. M. (Mac) Thornberry, (R-TX) no
> Chris Cannon, (R-UT)  yes
> Kevin Brady, (R-TX)   yes
> John E. Peterson, (R-PA)  nv*
> Rick Hill, (R-MT)   no
> Bob Schaffer, (R-CO)   no
> Jim Gibbons, (R-NV)   no
> Mark Souder, (R-IN)   yes
> Greg Walden, (R-OR)   no
> Donald Sherwood, (R-PA)  yes
> Robin Hayes, (R-NC)   yes
> Mike Simpson, (R-ID)  no
> Thomas G. Tancredo, (R-CO) yes
>
> Democrats
>
> George Miller, (D-CA)   yes
> Nick J. Rahall II, (D-WV)  yes
> Bruce F. Vento, (D-MN)  yes
> Dale E. Kildee, (D-MI)  yes
> Peter A. Defazio, (D-OR)  yes
> Eni F.H. Faleomavaega, (D-AS) yes
> Neil Abercrombie, (D-HI)  yes
> Solomon P. Ortiz, (D-TX)  yes
> Owen B. Pickett, (D-VA)  yes
> Frank Pallone, Jr., (D-NJ)  yes
> Calvin M. Dooley, (D-CA)  yes
> Carlos A. Romero-Barceló, (D-P.R.)  yes
> Robert A. Underwood, (D-Guam)  yes
> Patrick J. Kennedy, (D-RI) yes
> Adam Smith, (D-WA) yes
> Chris John, (D-LA) yes
> Donna Christian-Christensen, (D-V.I.) yes
> Ron Kind, (D-WI) yes
> Jay Inslee, (D-WA) yes
> Grace F. Napolitano, (D-CA) yes
> Tom Udall, (D-NM) yes
> Mark Udall, (D-CO) yes
> Joseph Crowley, (D-NY) yes
> Rush Holt (D-NJ) yes
>
> *did not vote
-- 
Victoria Pebbles
Program Specialist
Transportation and Economic Development
Great Lakes Commission
400 Fourth Street
Argus II Building 
Ann Arbor, MI 48103-4816
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