Rob Bishop: “the amendment that I proposed here was actually proposed in the committee as well, and it is an amendment which in all…”

“the amendment that I proposed here was actually proposed in the committee as well, and it is an amendment which in all sincerity is an effort to try and make a good bill into a very, very good bill. It has no intentions whatsoever of trying to derail the path of successful completion of this particular bill, but actually solve a problem and present a sense of comfort that might not necessarily be there as the bill proceeds to the other body. We are dealing, obviously, as some people have--not here on the floor, for all of us here on the floor who are Members, but some people have said that this is simply a sunsetting provision. It is not that. This program is not going to be sunsetted. But there is an authorization of appropriations which desperately needs that time to be looked at. My amendment is designed to bring this bill in line with all the other bills that we have passed out of the Resources Committee this year. Typically in the Resources Committee we review authorizations on specific periods of time. For this reason, I anxiously anticipate the support of Democratic colleagues, because this is good government. It is a fiscally responsible amendment. My amendment reauthorizes the review of this program after 5 years. This is a compromise between the National Park Service request, which was no authorization at all.”