[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 140 (Thursday, October 9, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2009]
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                AMERICAN LAND SOVEREIGNTY PROTECTION ACT

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                               speech of

                        HON. JAMES C. GREENWOOD

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, October 7, 1997

       The House in Committee of the Whole House on the State of 
     the Union had under consideration the bill (H.R. 901) to 
     preserve the sovereignty of the United States over public 
     lands and acquired lands owned by the United States, and to 
     preserve State sovereignty and private property rights in 
     non-Federal lands surrounding these public lands and acquired 
     lands:

  Mr. GREENWOOD. Mr. Chairman, I rise today to express my support for 
H.R. 901, the American Land Sovereignty Act.
  Unfortunately, on October 8, 1997, when the full House of 
Representatives voted on final passage of H.R. 901, I, in error, cast a 
``nay'' vote on final passage. Mr. Speaker, I had intended to vote 
``yea'' on final passage for H.R. 901.
  I had assumed that when I cast my ``nay'' vote, that I was voting 
against a Miller of California amendment that would have weakened the 
bill. Mr. Speaker, only when I returned to my office did I realize that 
I made this error.
  Mr. Chairman, I have always been a supporter of the American Land 
Sovereignty Act and voted in favor of similar legislation that the 
House acted on in the 104th Congress.
  Furthermore, in the 105th Congress I voted in favor of several 
amendments, that were offered by my colleague, Congressman Coburn, to 
various appropriations bills, that would prohibit any funds 
appropriated in those bills from being used to support the U.S. Man and 
the Biosphere Program or the World Heritage Program.
  Mr. Chairman, I regret that I made this error and wanted to take this 
opportunity to reiterate my support for this type of legislation.

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