Scr 13 Pros And Cons

The SCR 13 is supposed to urge the federal government to turn over all of its national parks, forests and monuments to the states and its people. However, there has been a lot of controversy behind the bill. This first paragraph will discuss the purpose of the bill, what problem does it seek to solve and who is helped or harmed from the bill. The purpose of the SCR 13 Ohio Senate bill is to urge Congress to transfer all national land that is open to the public and is owned by the federal government over to the western states. The problem that it appears to try and solve is help boost the western states economies from drilling and mining of raw materials and resources, like coal, oil and iron. The Legislative bill is supposed to help the states and to improve their economy. This could also potentially create more jobs for people that don’t have one and this could possibly lower the unemployment rate of people. However, all of the plants and animals in these national parks and forests are at risk if they are turned over to the states because might just tear them up or do whatever they want to them, no matter what the cost is or who gets hurt. Another thing to keep in mind is that a lot of the people who support the bill are private corporations, companies and even conservative groups. Also there are some farmers who believe that it is the right thing to do for the federal government to turn over the land to them so that they can expand their ranches for their cattle (Ohio Legislature …show more content…
Right now the bill’s current committee assignment is under the Senate Government Oversight and Reform. The bill’s current status is “as introduced”, which means that it has been presented to the Senate, but it hasn’t been passed because it is still being debated over whether or not it should be passed (Ohio Legislature Website,