S. 2590 - the Americans Outdoors Act

Committee Vote Tuesday, July 20, 2004

New name, same con game.

The Senate Energy and Natural Resource Committee has scheduled a hearing at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, July 20, on S. 2590, the Americans Outdoors Act.

S. 2590 and the House version H.R. 4100, Get Outdoors Act, are nothing but updated versions of the old CARA bill that establishes permanent trust funds (entitlements) to condemn and acquire more private property. This time supporters claim the federal government must spend billions of dollars each year to buy more land for parks and recreation facilities so obese Americans can exercise off the pounds in the great federally-owned outdoors.

Over forty five percent of the United States is currently under the control of government agencies and if this legislation passes, $3.125 billion will be available each year allowing the government to take considerably more land off the tax rolls.

ACTION: Contact Senate Energy and Natural Resource Committee members and tell them:

To vote against S. 2590. Contact your own Senators to oppose S. 2590.
The federal government does not need to spend money buying more land when it cannot manage the millions of acres it now controls.
S. 2590 will make privately-owned property an endangered species.
Americans are perfectly capable of deciding for themselves where and when they exercise, without government intervention.

Chairman Pete Domenici (R-NM): phone (202) 224-6621; fax (202) 228-3261; to e-mail go to: http://domenici.senate.gov/resources/contactform.cfm
Don Nickles (R-OK): phone (202) 224-5754; fax (202) 224-6008; to e-mail go to: http://nickles.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Email
Larry Craig (R-ID): phone (202) 224-2752; fax (202) 228-1067; to e-mail go to: http://craig.senate.gov/contact_email.htm#compose
Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-CO): phone (202)224-5852; fax (202)228-4609; to e-mail go to: http://campbell.senate.gov/email.htm
Craig Thomas (R-WY): phone (202) 224-6441; fax (202) 224-1724; to e-mail go to: http://thomas.senate.gov/html/body_email.html
Lamar Alexander (R-TN): phone (202) 224-4944; fax (202) 228-3398; to e-mail go to: http://alexander.senate.gov/contact/
Lisa Murkowski (R-AK): phone (202) 224-6665; fax (202) 224-5301; to e-mail go to: http://murkowski.senate.gov/contact.html
Jim Talent (R-MO): phone (202) 224-6154; fax (202) 228-1518; to e-mail go to: http://talent.senate.gov/Contact/default.cfm
Conrad Burns (R-MT): phone (202) 224-2644; fax (202) 224-8594; to e-mail go to: http://burns.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Home.Contact
Gordon Smith (R-OR): phone (202)224-3753; fax (202)228-3997; to e-mail go to: http://gsmith.senate.gov/webform.htm
Jim Bunning (R-KY): phone (202) 224-4343; fax (202) 228-1373; to e-mail go to: http://bunning.senate.gov/index.cfm?Cerberus=7df805942859db8c64b97ab306a49309&FuseAction=Contact.Email
Jon Kyl (R-AZ): phone (202) 224-4521; fax (202) 224-2207; to e-mail go to: http://kyl.senate.gov/contact.cfm
Jeff Bingaman (D-NM): phone (202) 224-5521; fax (202) 224-2852; to e-mail go to: http://bingaman.senate.gov/Contact_Me/e-mail_form.htm
Daniel Akaka (D-HI): phone (202) 224-6361; fax (202) 224-2126; e-mail senator@akaka.senate.gov
Byron Dorgan (D-ND): phone (202) 224-2551; fax 202-224-1193; e-mail senator@dorgan.senate.gov
Bob Graham (D-FL): phone (202) 224-3041; fax (202) 224-2237; to e-mail go to: http://graham.senate.gov/email.html
Ron Wyden (D-OR): phone (202) 224-5244; fax (202) 228-2717; to e-mail go to: http://wyden.senate.gov/contact/
Tim Johnson (D-SD): phone (202) 224-5842; fax (202) 228-5765; to e-mail go to: http://johnson.senate.gov/ContactPage/emailform.htm
Mary Landrieu (D-LA): phone (202) 224-5824; fax (202) 224-9735; to e-mail go to: http://landrieu.senate.gov/newsite/webform.html
Evan Bayh (D-IN): phone (202) 224-5623; fax (202) 228-1377; to e-mail go to: http://bayh.senate.gov/LegForm.htm
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA): phone (202) 224-3841; fax (202) 228-3954; to e-mail go to: http://feinstein.senate.gov/email.html
Charles Schumer (D-NY): phone (202) 224-6542; fax (202) 228-3027; to e-mail go to: http://schumer.senate.gov/webform.html
Maria Cantwell (D-WA): phone (202) 224-3441; fax (202) 228-0514; to e-mail go to: http://cantwell.senate.gov/contact/index.html

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