When President Donald Trump signed into law the $900 billion CCP Virus relief bill Congress approved late Monday, it became illegal to make money by saying “Give a Hoot, Don’t Pollute.” That’s because, as Freedom Works researchers found during the rush to passage of the measure, Section 711A makes it a federal crime to use the U.S. Forest Service’s “Woodsy Owl” character or his Hoot slogan in commercial profit-making activities. The owl and slogan have no connection to the disease that is also known as the novel coronavirus, but lots of things that have no obvious link tend to be lumped together in last-minute legislative “Christmas Trees” like the virus relief bill. Other examples include Section 1111 that authorizes $15 million for the Department of the Interior to establish a “Snow Water Supply Forecasting” unit, and Title XII on “Horseracing Integrity and Safety” that establishes an “independent Horseracing Safety and …
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