House demands title to federal lands

[gremlin]

dang some thing is going on that seems to be a good thing.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/51349 ... .html.csp#
The House endorsed a not-so-modest proposal on Wednesday: It called for Congress to give Utah the right, title and jurisdiction over the 22.6 million acres in its boundaries that are now overseen by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.

That is about two times more than the 11.5 million acres of private land in the state.

Rep. Roger Barrus, R-Centerville, introduced HJR39, which the House passed on a 61-9 vote and sent to the Senate. It demands that Utah be given that land because of mismanagement by federal officials and contends that the law that made Utah a state promised to sell that land into private ownership.

"We have suffered injury," Barrus said. "We call on Congress to revisit how public lands are being managed by the BLM."

Rep. Brian King, D-Salt Lake City, said Barrus is misreading the law that created Utah and said the federal government never required itself to sell off public lands in Utah. He said it would be wiser for Utah to negotiate for better treatment of public lands rather than pass such resolutions.

Barrus said, however, that Utah was promised sovereignty over its areas, and as long as the federal government has "control of two-thirds of the land mass of the state, we will not have that kind of sovereignty

[dickb]

I think that would kill the 1872 mining law in that state, since it was no longer public land owned by the Feds. Then the state would be able to enact it's own regulations for it's use and collect what ever fees that it deemed needed to be collected.

Anybody else want to comment?

Dickb

[russau]

yep, kinda like they do now!

[cowboy444]

I think that would kill the 1872 mining law in that state, since it was no longer public land owned by the Feds. Then the state would be able to enact it's own regulations for it's use and collect what ever fees that it deemed needed to be collected.

Anybody else want to comment?

Dickb

Public land IS NOT owned by the federal government. It is owned by you and me. We just ain't paying attention into how the federal government is managing OUR land. It's time to FIRE the lot.

cowboy444

[russau]

yep! probly waaaaaay past time todo so!

[gremlin]

its been past time. i wonder what there really trying to do. they mite be trying to tell congress that its the publics land and your miss managing it. we do need more on what is going on.