OK guys and girls; I am using desert rat's latest post as a ramp to enter my post on this subject. I mean no malice or discontent towards Jimi. He is a great guy and a frequent contributor here at VFB. Please don't read anything into this except as stated, a tool to enter this fray.
I went to the bill's homepage http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s787/text and read the actual bill. (S.787 - Clean Water Restoration Act) To what I am reading, there is nothing that even resembles anything that would infringe upon our fishing, hunting, bird watching or any thing else. From what I read, it is a good thing. It even states that fishing and bird hunting on our waters brings in over $76,600,000,000.00 dollars. That's BILLIONS folks, with a B. As far as I can see. all the bill does is change some wording, and reinforces the clean water act of 1972. TO WIT: "The purposes of this Act are-- (1) to reaffirm the original intent of Congress in enacting the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 (Public Law 92-500; 86 Stat. 816) to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the waters of the United States; (2) to clearly define the waters of the United States that are subject to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.); and (3) to provide protection to the waters of the United States to the maximum extent of the legislative authority of Congress under the Constitution." It seems to be all about keeping pollutants our of the water, and keeping it clean. It states nothing about curtailing any water related sports activities. By the way, the bill was introduced in April of 2009 by several congressmen. Here are the proponents of the bill: Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. BROWN, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. CARPER, Mr. DODD, Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. KERRY, Mr. KOHL, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. LIEBERMAN, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. REED, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. SCHUMER, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, and Mr. WYDEN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. There hasn't been any activity on this bill since June 2009, and according to the government tracking site of house and senate bills, (http://www.govtrack.us/users/events.xpd?monitors=bill:s111-787) there hasn't been any activity since. Sorry to be so long winded, but if we are going to send this type of info out, we need the facts, not some sensationalistic journalist's slanted and biased opinion. Now, can we get back to fly tying and fishing? Salty Dan Dan Harriman Tyler Texas If at first you don't succeed, maybe you shouldn't try sky diving! --- On Thu, 3/11/10, Desert Eagle <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Desert Eagle <[email protected]> > Subject: [VFB] 100% Fly Fishing Related > To: "VFB" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, March 11, 2010, 8:37 AM > Your favorite fishing stream is in > danger of being lost. > > > Federal Power Grab: Clean Water Restoration Act; CWRA; > Federal control of > all water, even ponds > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdg_bidvbwU&feature=player_embedded > > Inhofe Says Democrats Water Bill Biggest Bureaucratic Power > Grab in a > Generation > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9IT5sz2aQY&NR=1 > > The Great Water Heist > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqHaUadsapc > > The Great Water Heist- Part 2 > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK2jNERXiDQ&feature=related > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com
