[Rhodes22-list] FW: Free sailing

[KUHN, LELAND]

Don't know if I can forward an email to the list.  I lost the links when
I tried to copy and paste.

 

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From: AMICW5 at MSN.COM [mailto:AMICW5 at MSN.COM] 
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 8:09 PM
To: KUHN, LELAND
Subject: Free sailing

 

Lee, don't know if you were contacted regarding a bill to "tax" boat
owners once again. Can you get this onto the list??

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November 28, 2007


Dear BoatUS Member, 

Your voice counts! And we need it to make sure the Recreational Boating
Act of 2007 is passed quickly. Without this federal legislation you will
need to apply and pay for a discharge permit to legally operate each of
your boats, starting September 30, 2008.

Please take a few minutes and contact your one Representative and two
Senators, even if you have already done so. We need them to support and
co-sponsor "The Recreational Boating Act of 2007" (House Bill #2550 and
Senate Bill #2067). 

Because one of your Senators is on the Environment and Public Works
Committee, which can move or stall the Senate Bill, it is especially
important that you act now. 

BoatUS has been working with other boating groups to pass this
legislation which will eliminate (for recreational boats only) the new
court-imposed EPA permit. We know that boating depends on clean water
and healthy natural resources. However, a boat permit will not create a
tangible environmental benefit, and it will be another inconvenience and
tax for you. 

It is important to note that all current environmental restrictions on
the overboard discharge of oil, fuel, garbage, and sewage still stand,
and will not be altered by this legislation. 

Help boating by contacting your Representative and Senators: 

*	Ask that they co-sponsor and support House Bill #2550 and Senate
Bill #2067 which reinstate the common sense discharge permit exemption
for recreational boats. 

 

*	Help them understand the looming permit deadline of 9/30/08. 

 

*	If one of your Members of Congress is co-sponsoring the bill,
please say thanks! 



Click here to see co-sponsors for the House Bill
<http://smtp.boatus.net/t?r=3&c=2576&l=268&ctl=1128E:3A09F>  

The 10 co-sponsors on the Senate Bill are: Martinez (FL), Bunning (KY),
Chambliss (GA), Dole and Burr (NC), Isakson (GA), Sessions (AL), Cornyn
and Hutchison (TX), and Lott (MS). 


Click here to email your Representative
<http://smtp.boatus.net/t?r=3&c=2576&l=268&ctl=11292:3A09F>  Use your 9
digit zip code: 22304-5466 

Click here to email or call your Senators
<http://smtp.boatus.net/t?r=3&c=2576&l=268&ctl=1128D:3A09F>  

Click here to read the House bill text
<http://smtp.boatus.net/t?r=3&c=2576&l=268&ctl=1128F:3A09F> 

Click here to read the Senate bill text
<http://smtp.boatus.net/t?r=3&c=2576&l=268&ctl=11290:3A09F> 



For background information: 

www.boatus.com/gov/fed_alert.asp
<http://smtp.boatus.net/t?r=3&c=2576&l=268&ctl=11291:3A09F>  

Click Here
<http://smtpbulk.boatus.net/bin/ftaf?id=E4D29A694E864146FF1D8922E8070BFC
>  to pass this email on to boating and fishing friends, clubs, and
marinas. 


Thanks for adding your voice to this critical boating issue. 

Margaret Podlich
Vice President, Government Affairs
BoatUS 
GovtAffairs at BoatUS.com 
703-461-2878 x8363 

P.S. We know that we are asking you to take several steps to email your
Members of Congress, and we hope that you'll persevere through it. Santa
has promised us new grassroots software that will make articulating and
contacting your Representatives and Senators easier in the New Year! 

***** 

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880 S. Pickett St.
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