The House just made it a lot easier to sell off national parks
Is there nothing these asshats won't try to destroy??? 
Nicole Gentile
@amprog Public Lands Project. All tweets are my own.
7 hrs ago
The House just made it a lot easier to sell off national parks
The House now officially values public lands at $0.
The U.S. House of Representatives just made it easier for the government to sell or give away national parks, national forests, and other public lands.
A new rule, written by House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT), establishes as fact that any legislation to dispose of public lands and natural resources would cost taxpayers exactly $0. This paves the way for the new Congress to get rid of vast swaths of public lands — all at the expense of the American taxpayer.
Under Congressional Budget Office accounting rules, the House is required to account for the cost of any legislation it considers. Now, the House does not need to even estimate any financial losses from giving away public land. Bills to dispose of public land will skip several steps in the normal legislative process, coming up for a vote without any discussion of the costs and benefits. The House approved the rules change by a vote of 234 to 193 on Tuesday.
Since the move applies only to House rules, it is not subject to approval by the Senate or a presidential signature. It is effective immediately.
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https://thinkprogress.org/house-officially-says-parks-have-no-value-3e5c588867fd#.hij227i4k
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