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This is the Administration's reply to Congress about the studies to
outsource NPS archeologists.
July 16, 2003
White House threatens veto of Interior
bill over provision
By Jason Peckenpaugh
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The White House threatened to veto the
Interior appropriations bill late
Wednesday over a provision that would halt
funds for competitive sourcing at the
Department of Interior and Forest Service
in fiscal 2004.
In a statement of administration policy,
the White House said senior advisors would
recommend that President Bush veto the
Interior bill if it includes the
provision, which is Section 335 in the
House version of the bill. The full House
is scheduled to take up the Interior bill
on Thursday. Bush has not vetoed an
appropriations bill to date.
"Prohibiting funding for public-private
competitions is akin to mandating a
monopoly regardless of the impact on
services to citizens and the added costs
to taxpayers," said the administration.
House Republicans will try to defeat the
measure on the House floor tomorrow. Rep.
Pete Sessions, R-Texas, will offer an
amendment to strike Section 335 from the
bill on Thursday, according to spokeswoman
Gina Carty. "Congressman Sessions has a
long history of being interested in
government efficiency, and one of the
primary ways to achieve that is through
public-private competition," she said.
Reps. Tom Davis, R-Va., and Charles
Taylor, R-N.C., who chairs the
appropriations subcommittee where Section
335 originated, also have been active in
negotiations over the measure.
Environmental groups, including the
National Parks Conversation Association,
and federal labor unions support keeping
Section 335 in the Interior bill.
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