House brings
land use regulations back to state and local level, by Natalia Castro, 2/9/17
The House’s bold use of CRA
disapprovals represents their desire to undo the regulations of the Obama era
and maintain their promise to constituents, a desire the Senate should be
prepared to echo.
The most recently passed H.J. Res. 44 functions like most CRAs; the House expressed
disapproval over an executive agency regulation and files a joint resolutions
with the senate to nullify the regulation with majority vote in both houses.
H.J.Res.44 opposes a regulation
constructed by the Department of Interior which provides the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) the power to establish “the procedures used to prepare,
revise, or amend land use plans pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976.”
The effort against the rule, also
called Planning 2.0, has been led by the Congressional Western Caucus and
Chairman Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.).
Gosar explained the imperative of
removing the regulation in a Feb. 2017 press release, noting that “This new
Obama rule opens the floodgates to special-interest groups by allowing them the
same amount of input as those whose daily lives are impacted most by these
decisions.
Planning 2.0 is a significant departure from the planning process
that has existed for more than three decades and allowed significant local
government involvement. With the nullification of this tone-deaf regulation,
state and local governments will, once again, be empowered to best manage their
public lands to ensure optimal use and good stewardship.”
Vice Chairman Rep. Scott Tipton
(R-Colo.) concurred, explaining that this regulation would devastate the West
by silencing the farmers and western counties dependent on land use.
Republicans in the House are
fighting for Americans that President Obama’s regulations have ignored for
nearly a decade. With the implementation of CRA in full effect, the House is
finally able to get the job done.
Using the power of the CRA, the
House has also passed two other pieces of legislation disapproving of
regulations the Obama Administration has imposed. H.J. Res. 57 establishes requirements for how States must implement
an accountability system to ensure students meet the provision in former
President Barack Obama’s national education plan. Similarly, H.J. Res. 58 would nullify the rules in Obama’s education policy
which require annual accountability states on how states rate teacher
performance and quality.
These resolutions, also passed in
the House, directly combat the inefficient and intrusive growth of the
Department of Education under the Obama Administration.
Now the House has passed eight CRA
measures to undo the Obama era regulatory state, meanwhile the Senate has passed
two. CRA measures need to be enacted within 60 legislative days of the
regulations being enacted. To keep up with the House in following through on
its mission to empower states, citizens, and communities by repealing harmful
regulations, the Senate will need to put in extra time, over the weekends if
necessary, to get it done.
Natalia
Castro is a contributing editor at Americans for Limited Government.
Comments
Putting
BLM back in its box is a good start. “Federal Land” is unconstitutional; this
land needs to go to the States. Now
States need to ban UN Agenda 21 and abolish “Regional Commissions” and get off
the “smart growth, high density” abuse.
Norb
Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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