[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 22016]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  SECTION 1036(C) OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT, H.R. 5122

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                            HON. VIC SNYDER

                              of arkansas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 14, 2006

  Mr. SNYDER. Mr. Speaker, press statements by the chairman imply that 
section 1036(C) accomplishes something for veterans with disabilities, 
but this one-sentence provision says nothing about veterans. Even 
though the Paralyzed Veterans of America did a visit to the island and 
concluded Santa Rosa Island is not appropriate for hunting for people 
with disabilities, the provision stayed in the defense bill. No 
language in section 1036(C) does anything to offset the high fees 
associated with individuals hunting this privately owned herd. No 
language in section 1036(C) affects the responsibilities of the owner 
of the deer and elk to have them removed by the timelines set forth in 
the court settlements.
  This provision should not have been inserted in this bill, but it is 
clear from the plain language of this one sentence that it only impacts 
one alternative method for removal of the herds, not the 2011 deadline 
for removal of all the deer and elk.

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