NOTE: These are probably the most important and devastating series of
bills resulting in an attack on landowners which we will encounter. This is in
regard to the Senate bill, S-525 and its' companion bill HR 1080. A 10-25
year Federal prison sentence for knowing violations to the regulations of
this bill WHICH WON'T BE WRITTEN UNTIL AFTER THE BILL HAS PASSED AND THE
PRESIDENT HAS SIGNED IT INTO LAW!
The bill also calls for 500 ft. buffer zones around farm ponds...Goodbye nearby
homes.
The Cornell University Study which was the justification for Clinton's Invasive
Species Executive Order states that dogs and cats are an "extreme
danger" to ecosystems. GOOD GRIEF!!! Just how radical IS this bill
and the many others like it floating around...?
A partial list:
H.R.-1080..companion bill to S-525
S-536..the National Invasive Species Council Act
H.R.-266..Companion bill H.R.-1081..Aquatic Invasive Species Research Act
S-144..Noxious Weed Control Act of 2003
H.R.-199..Harmful Invasive Weed Control Act and, unfortunately, many more.
From: Alliance for America
WHAT: Calls are needed to your Senators
Oppose S525 - THE NATIONAL AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES ACT OF 2003
STATEMENT by Jim Beers, Science Advisor: "Please consider a revised bill
that controls ballast water discharge, controls harmful aquatic plants and
animals on the Federal estate, and cooperates with the States to fulfill the
fish, wildlife, and plant responsibilities assigned them in the Constitution.
Otherwise, S. 525 will, like the Endangered Species Act, radically modify our
basic freedoms while enriching only Federal bureaucracies, Universities, and the
agendas of environmental and animal rights organizations."
Talking Points:
* S525 assigns penalties of a Class C felony (10-25 years) (Sec 1105 (k) (2)
(b)) especially for violating "regulations" (Sec.1101 (g)
(2) THAT HAVE NOT EVEN BEEN DRAFTED!
* The authority to manage, control, and eradicate plants and animals is one of
those "powers" "reserved to the States" in the 10th
Amendment.
* There is a better approach that does not impair the trade and freedoms we
cherish while minimizing future, harmful UN controls which are likely with
Invasive Species as they have been with Endangered Species under CITES.
* To claim authority over "any fundamental category of taxonomic
classification below a genus or subgenus" (Sec. 1003 (28)). This
enshrines the unwritten Endangered Species Act principle that authorizes all
manner of Federal intervention to the smallest flock, school, or stand of any
species.
* Please consider a revised bill that controls ballast water discharge, controls
harmful aquatic plants and animals on the Federal estate, and cooperates with
the States to fulfill the fish, wildlife, and plant responsibilities assigned
them in the Constitution.
To view Jim Beer's testimony presented at the Senate Committee on Environment
and Public Works, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Water hearing held
today, go to the Alliance for America web site www.allianceforamerica.org
click on the Endangered Species Act and Reform section.
Don Wesson
Pulp and Paperworkers Resource Council PPRC
National Chairman PPRC
Southern Pine Regional Director
PACE Local 5-1533 Vice President
P.O. Box 269 McGehee, AR 71654