[SEDXC] Desecheo and Navassa legislation....

[MAllphin@aol.com]

Dear SEDXC members,

    In case you missed this the first time around, I am resending it to the 
reflector.  It is time to get on with it.  If you haven't taken the time to 
write your congressman about this, then please do it in the next week.  I and 
others will be in Washingon next week to brief congressman and staff on the 
proposed legislation.  
    We need your help. Please read below about H.R. 1183 and write your 
letters. 
Also pass on to your HAM buddy list and maybe we can get this job done. 
Thanks 
in advance for your help. 

Bob K4UEE


We need your assistance in passing H.R. 1183, a bill in Congress that will 
reopen Desecheo (KP5/IOTA NA-095) and Navassa (KP1/IOTA NA-098) islands in 
the 
Caribbean.
H.R. 1183 succeeds H.R. 298, the House bill introduced in January by 
Congressman Nick Rahall of West Virginia. We contacted you about '298 a few 
weeks ago. 
However, conservationists have objected to '298 because it would have 
required opening the Farallon Islands (IOTA NA-178) off California's coast. 
Fortunately, Congressman Rahall is committed to opening Desecheo and Navassa 
and he 
introduced H.R. 1183 on March 9, naming only Desecheo and Navassa islands as 
the 
subjects of the bill.
Please take five minutes to contact your Congressman to ask him or her to 
COSPONSOR and VOTE FOR "H.R. 1183." Sample e-mail language and contact 
information for your Congressman are available at www.kp1-5.com. This 
nonpartisan bill 
would correct the Fish and Wildlife Service's wrongful closure of these 
islands. Even if you have Desecheo and Navassa confirmed, you can help others 
who 
still need these entities by contacting your Congressman.
Please visit our web site www.kp1-5.com for more information.
73, Mike Thomas NA5U
The KP1-5 Project
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