Cheney vote on federal public lands irks sportsmen

[TexasTowelie]

Wyoming sportsmen's groups are outraged by a recent vote by U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney that would make it easier to transfer federal public lands to states.

The House Republican Conference approved last week a 43-page measure that changed a number of rules for how Congress works.

Congressional Budget Office rules require the federal government to tally the money earned on federal land – from energy extraction to logging and grazing – and subtract that from expected cash flow in the event of a sale or transfer, according to the Washington Post.

But the new rules say land transfers shall be budget-neutral, which essentially means the loss of revenue could not be factored into a sale, transfer or exchange of land.

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