Dear Fee-Demo Opponent -
The House of Representatives will begin debate on the Fiscal Year 2004
Interior Appropriations Bill at 3:00 PM (EST) today, July 16th. Contained
within that legislation is language that would, unless it is removed, extend
the Recreation Fee-Demonstration Program for yet another two years. That is
not only ridiculous, it is unacceptable. In 1996, Congress authorized
Fee-Demo as be a THREE year test. The time has come for this unpopular and
ineffective program to be recognized, once and for all, as a failure and for
fee-demo to end.
Fortunately, a bipartisan effort has come together within the House of
Representatives for the purpose of removing the offending language from the
Appropriations Bill and to allow Fee-Demo to peacefully terminate next year.
Within the next 24 hours, Representatives Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Jeb
Bradley (R-NH) will introduce an amendment to remove the Fee-Demo extension
language. Your help is urgently needed to help pass that amendment.
HERE'S WHAT TO DO:
Please call the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121 and asked to be
connected with the office of your Representative. When connected, ask to
speak with the Public Lands Staffer. If that person is unavailable, then
speak directly to the receptionist.
Tell him or her that you strenuously oppose the Recreation Fee Demonstration
Program and that you encourage your Representative to vote in SUPPORT of the
DeFazio / Bradley amendment that will strike the two-year extension of
Fee-Demo from the Interior Appropriations Bill.
This call is IMPORTANT.
Thanks you for your help.
Scott and Bob
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Scott Silver and Bob Bartsch
Wild Wilderness Free Our Forests LA