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Dale Bumpers: There is a grazing provision in this bill that is of some concern to me. There is a court order in New Mexico regarding…

On the recordOctober 28, 1997
There is a grazing provision in this bill that is of some concern to me. There is a court order in New Mexico regarding grazing rights, and there is a provision in here that says that none of the funds may be used by the Forest Service to carry out a court order. As I told him, I am not going to get into that, but I think that has a little bit of danger.
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Dale Bumpers
Arkansas

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Discussing concerns over a grazing provision in a bill during Senate floor debate.

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