Legislative Issues
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your elected official today!
In addition to the Congressional bills listed below,
SDABA has joined with SDGFA to offer members a new
bill tracking system. We will send out “news
tidbits” every Friday from the Capitol along with
the link to Bill Tracker:
Bill Tracker Link.
The Bill Tracker will also be available on
our website at
www.sdaba.org and can be accessed at any time.
This new system is great and will allow us to
communicate with our members when we need help with
a particular legislator in your district.
H.R. 2454
American Clean Energy and Security
Act of 2009
a.k.a: Climate Change Legislation;
Cap and Trade; Global Warming
This bill has been passed in the House.
The bill now goes on to be voted on in
the Senate. Keep in mind that debate may
be taking place on the companion bill
(shown below) in the Senate, rather than
on this particular bill.
Please contact Senator John
Thune and Senator Tim Johnson and
express your concerns with HR 2454/S
1733. You
can call their Washington DC offices or
go to this link -Agriculture
Energy Alliance-to send them an
email. The link contains a letter which
you should personalize to state your
concerns. You can add or delete text in
this letter. If you need any assistance
or have questions please contact Kathy
Zander at 605/224-2445.
The following
articles contain more information on the
economic impact of this legislation.
Companion Bill:
S. 1733
Clean
Energy Jobs and American Power Act
On September
30, 2009, Senators Boxer and Kerry introduced Senate
Bill 1733 as a companion bill to H.R. 2454, which was
passed by the House of Representatives in June 2009. The
Senate bill is similar to the House bill in that it
adopts a cap-and-trade approach to GHG management, but
is different in that it contains different GHG reduction
targets.
This bill has
been passed out of committee to be placed on the Senate
calendar for a vote.
Opponents of
the legislation are most concerned by the bill's removal
of the word "navigable." This simple change has
the potential to open the door for unprecedented
intrusion of the federal government on private property,
enabling the federal government to consider virtually
any body of water---including many waste treatment
systems, farm ponds, roadside ditches, desert washes,
streets and gutters, and even a puddle of rainwater as a
water of the United States and thus subject to federal
jurisdictions. ---TFI
United States Congressional Offices
Senator
Tim Johnson
United States
Senate
136 Hart
Building
Washington,
DC 20510
Ph:
202/222-5842
Fax:
202/228-0368
http://jonson.senate.gov
Senator
John Thune
United States
Senate SR-493
Washington,
DC 20510
Ph:
202/222-2321
Fax:
202/228-5429
http://thune.senate.gov
Representative Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin
United States
House of Representatives
331 Cannon
House Office Building
Washington,
DC 20515
Ph:
202/225-2801
Fax :
202/225-5823
http://hersethsandlin.house.gov
