So I keep seeing posts on fakebook about how the BB Bill will put federally owned lands up for sale. BLM and Forest Service lands. The posts are screaming about how the rich and big companies will now be able to buy our public lands and lock us out. I read through a summery of the bill and cannot find anything about this. I was wondering if anyone here has heard of this or could point me to the section of the bill that they are talking about. I am sure that they are misinterpreting something. If not, I have some land already picked out for my homestead !** EDIT to add that it may be on the senate reconciliation side. See comment below**.
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I could not find the text in the bill regarding sale of land from the Bureau of Land Management. Maybe I did not use the correct search terms.
All the stories I have seen on the internet regarding this do not reference or link to a section in the bill. Maybe it's taken out of context? I don't know.
I only came across this story because as a 2nd Amendment enthusiast, the normies were bitching and moaning about this on a message board, blaming Trump, because they think the public land they plink/camp/offroad on will be sold.
Edit: nvm saw the link posted to utahpla.com. will take a look.
"because they think the public land they plink/camp/offroad on will be sold" Yep that is what I have been seeing too.
Why wouldn't it be? The land first sold will be the land most accessible, which means that's the recreation land. "Oh but the billionaires and China left you BLM land on this rugged mountaintop, just go there!"