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On the recordMarch 7, 2011
What is the authority for the Federal Government to designate lands as wild lands, and is this an effort by this Administration to circumvent Congress' sole authority to designate lands as wilderness?
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Paul Broun
Republican · Georgia

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Broun questions federal authority on land designation and potential overreach.

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