PUEBLO, COLO. (AP) -- Rep. Scott Tipton says he has convinced the chairman of a crucial congressional House appropriations subcommittee to restore the annual funding ban that has blocked the Army from spending any money to expand the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site for the past four years.
Tipton says the House Appropriations Committee is expected to restore the funding ban to the 2012 military construction budget on Tuesday, according to the Pueblo Chieftain.
The funding ban has been a critical issue because it has been the centerpiece of the opposition to the Army's efforts to expand the 235,000-acre training site northeast of Trinidad.
Ranchers have battled against giving the Army any additional land around Pinon Canyon since 2006 and say they are worried about the lack of a funding ban.
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Information from: The Pueblo Chieftain
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