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it's ALIVE! CARA is reborn! Haaa-leh-loooooo YA!
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: it's ALIVE! CARA is reborn! Haaa-leh-loooooo YA!
- From: "Paul Champlin" <skua99@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 18:31:09 -0400
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Hi folks,
Here's a little tidbit from a friend of mine in the USFWS:
YES THIS HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH BIRDS!!!
1. CARA HEARING SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 20, 2001
2. NEW COSPONSORS (TOTAL OF 197)
3. HOUSE INTERIOR SUBCOMMITTEE RECOMMENDS $100 MILLION FOR STATE WILDLIFE
GRANTS
(You want state control??? Here it is!)
4. BREAKDOWN OF THE HOUSE RESOURCE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ON CARA
1. CARA HEARING SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 20, 2001
The full House Resources Committee will conduct a hearing on CARA at 10:00
am on Wednesday, June 20, 2001. Now is the time to secure the support of
Resource Committee members. Be sure to thank the 30 members who are
cosponsoring & continue to encourage the 21 others (see the full list of
Committee cosponsors & other members below). Remember that last session
CARA passed the Committee with a 37-12 vote.
Organizations and agencies can & should submit testimony on CARA. We'll
provide you with more information about submitting testimony and the hearing
as it comes available.
The Committee will conduct the hearing at 1324 Longworth House Office
Building (Morris K. Udall Hearing Room). To listen to the hearing live,
follow this link:
www.house.gov/resources/audio.htm
2. NEW COSPONSORS (TOTAL OF 197)
Here is a list of the 6 new cosponsors, making a total of 197. We are only
21 cosponsors short of our goal. IT IS CRITICAL TO HAVE 218 BY THE
HEARING!!!! Keep up your grassroots efforts and continue to encourage your
delegation to sign on. For a complete state-by-state list of cosponsors,
see the attached .pdf file.
IL Crane, Philip M. (R)
NY Grucci, Felix J., Jr. (R)
Weiner, Anthony (D)
OH Rep Kaptur, Marcy (D)
RI Langevin, James (D)
WI Green, Mark (R)
3. HOUSE INTERIOR SUBCOMMITTEE RECOMMENDS $100 MILLION FOR STATE WILDLIFE
GRANTS
The Subcommittee, chaired by Joe Skeen (R-NM), has stressed that funding be
provided for State efforts for natural resource protection. Their
recommendation is to continue funding Title VIII of the FY 2001 Interior and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, providing $100 million (an increase of
$50 million from last year's recommendation) for state wildlife grants
through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The state wildlife grants will
be distributed to the states through a formula based 30% on land area and
70% on population. The Subcommittee has also restored funding from the
President's Budget Proposal for the North American Wetlands Conservation
Fund (to $45 million) and for Section 6 of the Endangered Species Act (the
Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund) at $107 million as well as
creating a Neotropical Migratory Bird Program funded at $5 million.
As you know this is just the beginning of the legislative approprations
process and our knowledge of the specifics of these recommendations is quite
limited - the Interior Appropriations Bill will be marked up in the
Committee, passed through the full Committee, voted on the House Floor, and
finally conferenced with the Senate's own Interior Appropriations Bill.
Still, at this early stage it is extremely encouraging to see an
acknowledgement of the need to continue significant conservation funding for
states.
For more information, see:
http://www.house.gov/appropriations/
4. BREAKDOWN OF THE HOUSE RESOURCE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ON CARA
Cosponsors on the Committee
AK Young, Don (R)
AS Faleomavaega, Eni F.H. (D)
CA Miller, George (D)
Napolitano, Grace Flores (D)
Solis, Hilda (D)
CO McInnis, Scott (R)
Hefley, Joel (R)
Udall, Mark (D)
GU Underwood, Robert A. (D)
HI Abercrombie, Neil (D)
IN Souder, Mark (R)
LA Tauzin, W.J. (Billy) (R)
MA Markey, Edward (D)
McGovern, James P. (D)
MD Gilchrest, Wayne T. (R)
MI Kildee, Dale E. (D)
MN McCollum, Betty (D)
NJ Holt, Rush (D)
Pallone, Frank Jr. (D)
Saxton, Jim (R)
NM Udall, Tom (D)
OK Carson, Brad (D)
OR DeFazio, Peter (D)
PR Acevedo-Vila, Anibal (D)
TX Ortiz, Solomon P. (D)
UT Hansen, James (R), Chairman
VI Christian-Christensen, Donna (D)
WA Inslee, Jay (D)
Smith, Adam (D)
WV Rahall, Nick (D)
Other Committee Members
AZ Flake, Jeff (R)
CA Calvert, Ken (R)
Dooley, Calvin (D)
Gallegly, Elton (R)
Pombo, Richard (R)
Radanovich, George (R)
CO Schaffer, Bob (R)
Tancredo, Tom (R)
ID Otter, C.L. (R)
Simpson, Mike (R)
MT Rehberg, Dennis (R)
NC Jones, Walter (R)
NE Osborne, Tom (R)
NV Gibbons, Jim (R)
OR Walden, Greg (R)
PA Peterson, John (R)
TN Duncan, John J., Jr. (R)
TX Thornberry, Mac (R)
UT Cannon, Chris (R)
WI Kind, Ron (D)
WY Cubin, Barbara (R)
Paul Champlin
New Ellenton, SC (one of the only states not represented)
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