This is copied from the Experimental Aircraft Association. website.
http://www.eaa.org
It seems they are leading this fight, the MVPA notice is buried in the website
rather then on the home page and the NRA-ILA site has nothing about it. I am a
bit concerned about this. Has anyone else heard from the NRA about this?
CONGRESSIONAL BILLS ON DEMILITARIZATION: UPDATE
The warbird community, as well as others within the aviation
community, is eager for the latest information on the status
of the U.S.
Senate and House of Representative bills, in which specific
sections
call for the demilitarization of significant military
equipment formerly
owned by the Department of Defense.
As of 3 p.m. CDT on Wednesday, September 26, 2001, we know
the
following:
House of Representatives: Bill H.R.2586 did pass in the
House.
However, this bill did not contain any language calling for
demilitarization. It was previously removed.
Senate Bill S.1438 (originally S.1155, subsequently S.1416)
has been
pulled from the Senate floor and will be reintroduced on
Tuesday,
October 2. There is no need to resubmit letters to your
Senators
because of the bill number changes; they are aware of the
change and
any correspondence will follow the current version.
Section 1062 of S.1438 is the bill’s portion that contains
the
demilitarization language. That can be found at
www.senate.gov (type in
“S.1438” under Bill Search.)
EAA Warbirds Government Affairs Committee members, as well
as the
EAA Government Programs Office, are working with senators
and
representatives to ensure that the final version submitted
to the
President does not contain the demilitarization section.
Further updates
will be provided here when available.
Rikk Rogers wrote:
> I talked to John Bonsell in Sen. Inhofe's ofc, S.1416 was changed to S.1438,
> they tried to kill it and were unsuccessful.
> language was added to clear WW2 war birds and some other general vagaries,
> however.
> john was surprised to fond it covered firearms, and a whole lot of other
> stuff, including HMVs.
> I sent him a link to THE UNITED STATES MUNITIONS LIST.
> The have another chance to deal with this in "Conference" and Sen Inhofe is
> a part of this Conference.
> This thing is just almost LAW! NOW!
>
> John's comment was that Inhofe is against this, but it seemed that no one
> else was too "up in the air" about it.
> I told him we had had very little notice about what was happening, but as a
> group we were darn sure "UP IN THE AIR!"
>
> CALL Your Reps!
> NOW!
> Tell em to get "UP IN THE AIR"!
>
> http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/
>
> Rikk Rogers - RK Lion LTD.
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