David Obey: “Mr. Obey moves to recommit the conference report on the joint resolution, H.J. Res. 2, to the committee of conference…”

“Mr. Obey moves to recommit the conference report on the joint resolution, H.J. Res. 2, to the committee of conference with instructions to the managers on the part of the House to: (1) disagree to section 323 in Division F of the conference report (expanding logging in Federal forests); (2) disagree to section 335 in Division F of the conference report (preventing any administrative or judicial review of the Tongass Land Management Plan); (3) reconsider its decisions on the Bureau of Land Management, Energy and Minerals program; (4) fund, within the scope of conference, conservation spending category items in Division F (including National Park Service grants to States and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service programs) at no less than current rate; and (5) increasing funding for training, equipment, and assistance for first responders provided through the Office of Domestic Preparedness to levels as close to the levels requested by the President as is possible within the scope of conference.”