[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 10892-10893]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                AMERICAN LAND SOVEREIGNTY PROTECTION ACT

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                               speech of

                           HON. WALLY HERGER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 20, 1999

       The House in Committee of the Whole House on the State of 
     the Union had under consideration the bill (H.R. 883) to 
     preserve

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     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 those public lands and acquired lands:

  Mr. HERGER Mr. Chairman, I support H.R. 883, The American Land 
Sovereignty Protection Act and am in favor of its passage. The reason I 
support this legislation is because it will place constraints on the 
Clinton/Gore administration's ability to exercise more Federal land 
control. Mr. Speaker, my main concern is not the United Nations. The 
United Nations has no more authority than we choose to give it. My 
major concern, and the concern of the citizens of my northern 
California District, is the continued use of Presidential powers to 
exercise Federal land control. This legislation will go a long way in 
preventing that. Therefore, Mr. Chairman, I urge everyone's support of 
H.R. 883.

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