Sustainable Development Law: S-1619

Senator Christopher Dodd introduced his
“Livable
Communities Act” , (

http://sovereignty.net/p/sd/s-1619.pdf ) (S-1619) on August 6th.  This
bill will establish two new bureaucracies: “The Office of Sustainable
Housing and Communities” within the Department of Housing and Urban
Development, and the “Interagency Council on Sustainable Communities.”

The Office of Sustainable Housing and
Communities will be charged with administering two new grant programs.  One
program will pay for multi-regional comprehensive planning; the other will
pay for the projects called for in the multi-regional plans.  Nearly $4
billion is authorized to be appropriated. The Interagency Council on
Sustainable Communities will see that Sustainable Development policies are
implemented throughout the federal government.

For years, various departments of the
federal government have encouraged “Sustainable Development,” with a variety
of grants to local communities, states, and to NGOs.  This bill, if enacted,
will set in bureaucratic concrete the concept and plan for sustainable
development as set forth in Agenda 21.

It is imperative that people understand
how virtually every recommendation contained in
Agenda 21 erodes
individual freedom, private property rights, and ultimately, free
enterprise.  We have devoted an entire section of our website to

Sustainable Development, <http://sovereignty.net/p/sd/sdmenu.htm>. 
Please view the free videos.  You may wish to order the
videos on DVD to share with your friends and family.  Read the material we
have assembled for you.  Learn all you can about Sustainable Development.

This bill is not likely to move until
the other major issues confronting Congress are resolved.  Rest assured,
this bill will not go away.  Get prepared now to persuade your 
representatives to reject the bill, and all elements of the freedom-eroding
concept of Sustainable Development,.

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