Tue Jun 19, 2012, 04:23 PM

House Considers ‘Drone Zone’ Bill To Roll Back Dozens Of Environmental Laws Within 100 Miles of U.S.

This afternoon the House of Representatives is considering H.R. 2578, a package of public lands bills that contains a provision from Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT) giving U.S. Customs and Border Protection authority to shut down any economic or recreational activity within 100 miles of the northern and southern U.S. borders if deemed necessary for securing them.

The section also rolls back more than 30 environmental and public health laws within the 100-mile zone including the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and the National Park Service Organic Act that helps protect and preserve national parks (see full list here).

Congressman Ed Markey (D-MA) dubbed the provision a “drone zone” bill and explained at a press conference today that:

It essentially will be a national sacrifice zone where our rights, our liberties, and our environment can be sacrificed for the sake of an ideological anti-immigrant, anti-environment agenda. Make no mistake, this isn’t a bill that actually addresses immigration issues.

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/06/19/502243/house-considers-drone-zone-bill-to-roll-back-dozens-of-environmental-laws-within-100-miles-of-us-borders/

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House Considers ‘Drone Zone’ Bill To Roll Back Dozens Of Environmental Laws Within 100 Miles of U.S. (Original post)	phantom power	Jun 2012	OP
I'm waiting for the bill that extends the 100 mile zone to 500 miles, then to 750 miles in.	RC	Jun 2012	#1
I'm sometimes reminded of our new "border fences"	phantom power	Jun 2012	#2

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Tue Jun 19, 2012, 05:16 PM

RC (21,855 posts)

1. I'm waiting for the bill that extends the 100 mile zone to 500 miles, then to 750 miles in.

Most distances over approximately 750 miles North/South would be overlap from the other border. East/West would not matter.

We'd better hurry people, we don't have much time before the whole country becomes one big prison camp.

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Tue Jun 19, 2012, 05:30 PM

phantom power (22,662 posts)

2. I'm sometimes reminded of our new "border fences"

which are so popular down here. I like to remind the minute-man crew that you can wake up one morning and find the same fences being used to keep you in.

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