Incentivizing Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration Sales Act of 2025
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Another masterpiece of legislative theater, brought to you by the esteemed members of Congress. Let's dissect this farce and expose the real disease beneath.
**Main Purpose & Objectives:** The Incentivizing Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration Sales Act of 2025 (HR 1083) claims to promote environmental protection and military readiness by incentivizing the sale of qualified real property interests acquired under the Department of Defense's REPI program. Yeah, right. The actual purpose is to line the pockets of wealthy landowners and defense contractors while pretending to care about the environment.
**Key Provisions & Changes to Existing Law:** The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude gains from the sale of qualified real property interests acquired under the REPI program from gross income. This means that wealthy landowners can sell their properties to "qualified organizations" (read: defense contractors and other cronies) without paying taxes on the gain. The bill also defines what constitutes a "qualified real property interest" and sets limitations for pass-through entities.
**Affected Parties & Stakeholders:** The main beneficiaries of this bill are wealthy landowners, defense contractors, and their lobbyists. These individuals will reap significant financial benefits from the tax exemptions and loopholes created by this legislation. The Department of Defense will also benefit from increased access to land for military purposes, but at what cost? The environment and taxpayers will likely suffer as a result of this sweetheart deal.
**Potential Impact & Implications:** This bill is a classic example of crony capitalism, where politicians and their corporate friends collude to enrich themselves at the expense of the public. The tax exemptions and loopholes created by this legislation will cost taxpayers millions in lost revenue, while the environmental benefits are dubious at best. This bill also sets a precedent for future giveaways to special interest groups, further eroding trust in government.
In conclusion, HR 1083 is a symptom of a deeper disease: corruption, greed, and a complete disregard for the public interest. It's just another example of how politicians use legislative theater to distract from their true intentions: lining their own pockets and those of their cronies. Wake up, America!
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Introduction
â 533 â Department of the Interior order to fulfill the yet-unaltered congressional mandate contained in federal law, to provide for jobs and well-paying employment opportunities in rural Oregon, and to ameliorate the effects of wildfires, the new Administration must immedi- ately fulfill its responsibilities and manage the O&C lands for âpermanent forest productionâ to ensure that the timber is âsold, cut, and removed.â79 NEPA Reforms. Congress never intended for the National Environmental Policy Act to grow into the tree-killing, project-dooming, decade-spanning mon- strosity that it has become. Instead, in 1970, Congress intended a short, succinct, timely presentation of information regarding major federal action that signifi- cantly affects the quality of the human environment so that decisionmakers can make informed decisions to benefit the American people. The Trump Administration adopted common-sense NEPA reform that must be restored immediately. Meanwhile, DOI should reinstate the secretarial orders adopted by the Trump Administration, such as placing time and page limits on NEPA documents and setting forthâon page oneâthe costs of the document itself. Meanwhile, the new Administration should call upon Congress to reform NEPA to meet its original goal. Consideration should be given, for example, to eliminat- ing judicial review of the adequacy of NEPA documents or the rectitude of NEPA decisions. This would allow Congress to engage in effective oversight of federal agencies when prudent. Settlement Transparency. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt required DOI to prominently display and provide open access to any and all litigation settlements into which DOI or its agencies entered, and any attorneysâ fees paid for ending the litigation.80 Bidenâs DOI, aware that the settlements into which it planned to enter and the attorneysâ fees it was likely to pay would cause controversy, ended this policy.81 A new Administration should reinstate it. The Endangered Species Act. The Endangered Species Act was intended to bring endangered and threatened species back from the brink of extinction and, when appropriate, to restore real habitat critical to the survival of the spe- cies. The actâs success rate, however, is dismal. Its greatest deficiency, according to one renowned expert, is âconflict of interest.â82 Specifically, the work of the Fish and Wildlife Service is the product of âspecies cartelsâ afflicted with group- think, confirmation bias, and a common desire to preserve the prestige, power, and appropriations of the agency that pays or employs them. For example, in one highly influential sage-grouse monograph, 41 percent of the authors were federal workers. The editor, a federal bureaucrat, had authored one-third of the paper.83 Meaningful reform of the Endangered Species Act requires that Congress take action to restore its original purpose and end its use to seize private prop- erty, prevent economic development, and interfere with the rights of states over their wildlife populations. In the meantime, a new Administration should take the following immediate action: â 534 â Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise l Delist the grizzly bear in the Greater Yellowstone and Northern Continental Divide Ecosystems and defend to the Supreme Court of the United States the agencyâs fact-based decision to do so.84 l Delist the gray wolf in the lower 48 states in light of its full recovery under the ESA.85 l Cede to western states jurisdiction over the greater sage-grouse, recognizing the on-the-ground expertise of states and preventing use of the sage-grouse to interfere with public access to public land and economic activity. l Direct the Fish and Wildlife Service to end its abuse of Section 10(j) of the ESA by re-introducing so-called âexperiment speciesâ populations into areas that no longer qualify as habitat and lie outside the historic ranges of those species, which brings with it the full weight of the ESA in areas previously without federal government oversight.86 l Direct the Fish and Wildlife Service to design and implement an impartial conservation triage program by prioritizing the allocation of limited resources to maximize conservation returns, relative to the conservation goals, under a constrained budget.87 l Direct the Fish and Wildlife Service to make all data used in ESA decisions available to the public, with limited or no exceptions, to fulfill the publicâs right to know and to prevent the agencyâs previous opaque decision-making. l Abolish the Biological Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey and obtain necessary scientific research about species of concern from universities via competitive requests for proposals. l Direct the Fish and Wildlife Service to: (1) design and implement an Endangered Species Act program that ensures independent decision- making by ending reliance on so-called species specialists who have obvious self-interest, ideological bias, and land-use agendas; and (2) ensure conformity with the Information Quality Act.88 Office of Surface Mining. The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) was created by the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA)89 to administer programs for controlling the impacts of surface coal mining operations. Although the coal industry is contracting, coal constitutes
Introduction
â 533 â Department of the Interior order to fulfill the yet-unaltered congressional mandate contained in federal law, to provide for jobs and well-paying employment opportunities in rural Oregon, and to ameliorate the effects of wildfires, the new Administration must immedi- ately fulfill its responsibilities and manage the O&C lands for âpermanent forest productionâ to ensure that the timber is âsold, cut, and removed.â79 NEPA Reforms. Congress never intended for the National Environmental Policy Act to grow into the tree-killing, project-dooming, decade-spanning mon- strosity that it has become. Instead, in 1970, Congress intended a short, succinct, timely presentation of information regarding major federal action that signifi- cantly affects the quality of the human environment so that decisionmakers can make informed decisions to benefit the American people. The Trump Administration adopted common-sense NEPA reform that must be restored immediately. Meanwhile, DOI should reinstate the secretarial orders adopted by the Trump Administration, such as placing time and page limits on NEPA documents and setting forthâon page oneâthe costs of the document itself. Meanwhile, the new Administration should call upon Congress to reform NEPA to meet its original goal. Consideration should be given, for example, to eliminat- ing judicial review of the adequacy of NEPA documents or the rectitude of NEPA decisions. This would allow Congress to engage in effective oversight of federal agencies when prudent. Settlement Transparency. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt required DOI to prominently display and provide open access to any and all litigation settlements into which DOI or its agencies entered, and any attorneysâ fees paid for ending the litigation.80 Bidenâs DOI, aware that the settlements into which it planned to enter and the attorneysâ fees it was likely to pay would cause controversy, ended this policy.81 A new Administration should reinstate it. The Endangered Species Act. The Endangered Species Act was intended to bring endangered and threatened species back from the brink of extinction and, when appropriate, to restore real habitat critical to the survival of the spe- cies. The actâs success rate, however, is dismal. Its greatest deficiency, according to one renowned expert, is âconflict of interest.â82 Specifically, the work of the Fish and Wildlife Service is the product of âspecies cartelsâ afflicted with group- think, confirmation bias, and a common desire to preserve the prestige, power, and appropriations of the agency that pays or employs them. For example, in one highly influential sage-grouse monograph, 41 percent of the authors were federal workers. The editor, a federal bureaucrat, had authored one-third of the paper.83 Meaningful reform of the Endangered Species Act requires that Congress take action to restore its original purpose and end its use to seize private prop- erty, prevent economic development, and interfere with the rights of states over their wildlife populations. In the meantime, a new Administration should take the following immediate action:
Introduction
â 543 â Department of the Interior 68. Karen Budd Falen, âBidenâs â30 By 30 Planâ: A Slap at American Private Property Rights,â Cowboy State Daily, April 15, 2021, https://cowboystatedaily.com/2021/04/15/bidens-30-by-30-plan-a-slap-at-american-private- property-rights/ (accessed March 16, 2023). 69. U.S. Department of the Interior, âOrder No. 3396: Rescission of Secretaryâs Order 3388, âLand and Water Conservation Fund Implementation by the U.S. Department of the Interior,ââ February 11, 2021, https://www. doi.gov/sites/doi.gov/files/elips/documents/so-3396-signed-2-11-21-final.pdf (accessed March 17, 2021). 70. Ibid. 71. Associated Press, âUte Indian Tribe Criticizes Bidenâs Camp Hale Monument Designation,â KUER 90.1, October 13, 2022. 72. William Perry Pendley, âTrump Wants to Free Up Federal Lands, His Interior Secretary Fails Him,â National Review Online, September 25, 2017, https://www.nationalreview.com/2017/09/secretary-interior-ryan-zinke- monuments-review-trump-executive-order-antiquities-act-environmentalists/ (accessed March 16, 2023). 73. The Oregon and California Revested Lands Sustained Yield Management Act of 1937, Public Law 75-405, 43 U.S. Code § 2601. 74. Ibid., and American Forest Resource Council v. Hammond, 422 F. Supp. 3d 184, 187 (D.D.C. 2019). 75. American Forest Resource Council v. Hammond, 422 F. Supp. 3d, pp. 187â188. 76. Federal Register, Vol. 55, No. 26 (June 26, 1990), p. 26114â26194. 77. Federal Register, Vol. 65, No. 114 (June 13, 2000), pp. 37249â37252. 78. Federal Register, Vol. 82, No. 11 (January 18, 2017), pp. 6145â6150. 79. American Forest Resource Council v. Hammond, 422 F. Supp. 3d 184 (D.D.C. 2019). 80. U.S. Department of the Interior, âFinal Consent Decrees/Settlement Agreements,â https://www.doi.gov/ solicitor/transparency/final (accessed March 16, 2023). 81. Michael Doyle, âInterior Order Erases Litigation Website,â E&E News, June 17, 2022, https://www.eenews.net/ articles/interior-order-erases-litigation-website/ (accessed March 16, 2023). 82. Rob Roy Ramey, On the Origin of Specious Species (Lexington Books 2012), pp. 77â97. 83. William Perry Pendley, âKilling Jobs to Save the Sage Grouse: Junk Science, Weird Science, and Plain Nonsense,â Washington Times, May 31, 2012, https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/may/31/killing- jobs-to-save-the-sage-grouse/ (accessed March 16, 2023). 84. Michael Lee, âWyomingâs Push to Delist Grizzly Bears from Endangered Species List Faces Opposition from Anti-Hunting Group,â Fox News, January 21, 2022, https://www.foxnews.com/politics/wyoming-delist-grizzly- endangered-species-list-opposition-anti-hunting-group (accessed March 18, 2023). 85. News release, âTrump Administration Returns Management and Protection of Gray Wolves to States and Tribes Following Successful Recovery Efforts,â October 29, 2020, https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/trump- administration-returns-management-and-protection-gray-wolves-states-and-tribes (accessed March 18, 2023). 86. 50 Code of Federal Regulations §17, and Sean Paige, ââRewildingâ Will Backfire on Colorado,â The Gazette, June 19, 2022, https://gazette.com/opinion/guest-column-rewilding-will-backfire-on-colorado/article_ d0016672-ed79-11ec-b027-abe62ba840a1.html (accessed March 18, 2023). 87. Madeleine C. Bottrill et al., âIs Conservation Triage Just Smart Decision Making?â Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Vol. 23, No. 12 (December 2008), pp. 649â654, https://karkgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/Bottrill-et-al-2008. pdf (accessed March 16, 2023). 88. Rob Roy Ramey II, testimony before the Committee on Resources, U.S. House of Representatives, April 8, 2014, https://naturalresources.house.gov/uploadedfiles/rameytestimony4_8.pdf (accessed March 16, 2023). 89. Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 95â87. 90. Pennsylvania is the nationâs third-largest coal producer, and its state program was the model for SMCRA. 91. Federal Register, Vol. 85, No. 207 (October 26, 2020), pp. 67631â67635. 92. U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, âApproximate Original Contour,â INEâ26, June 23, 2020, https://www.osmre.gov/sites/default/files/pdfs/directive1003.pdf (accessed March 18, 2023). 93. Tim Gallaudet and Timothy R. Petty, âFederal Action Plan for Improving Forecasts of Water Availability,â National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, October 2019, https://www.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/ legacy/document/2019/Oct/Federal%20Action%20Plan%20for%20Improving%20Forecasts%20of%20 Water%20Availability.pdf (accessed March 17, 2023). â 544 â Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise 94. 32 U.S. Code, ch. 52. 95. Donald J. Trump, âPresidential Memorandum on Promoting the Reliable Supply and Delivery of Water in the West,â October 19, 2018, https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/presidential- memorandum-promoting-reliable-supply-delivery-water-west/ (accessed March 17, 2023). 96. U.S. Department of the Interior, âLand Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations,â https://www.doi.gov/ buybackprogram (accessed March 18, 2023). 97. Great American Outdoors Act, Public Law 116â152.
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