BILL TO PROTECT CALIFORNIA’S JOHNSON VALLEY FROM TAKEOVER ADVANCES IN U.S. HOUSE
PICKERINGTON, Ohio -- A bill to block a U.S. Marine Corps takeover of California's Johnson Valley off-highway vehicle recreation area was approved by the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources on May 15, the American Motorcyclist Association reports. The bill, H.R. 1676, introduced by Rep. Paul Cook (R-Calif.), now goes to the full House for consideration. The measure would designate Johnson Valley as a national off-highway vehicle recreation area, protecting it from a takeover, but would authorize limited military use of the area. Several years ago, the U.S. Department of the Navy began the formal process to take over…continue reading