Senator Tester Signs onto the Baucus Fee Repeal Bill

As reported by the New West Network recently, Senate Bill 2438, the Fee Repeal and Expanded Access Act, introduced by Montana’s senior senator, Max Baucus, and Mike Crapo (R-ID) recently received a boost when two more key western senators signed onto to amend recreational fee policy on federal lands.

Montana Senator Jon Tester signed his support of the bill, along with Colorado Senator Ken Salazar (D-CO) to sponsor the end of the so-called Recreation Access Tax (RAT) by repealing the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act, which Congress passed as a rider on a must-pass spending bill in 2004.

Senators Baucus and Crapo have vowed to replace any lost revenue through the congressional appropriation process.

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