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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2002

A bill to sell a federal site to the Mormon Church is stalled in the Senate.

The House in June passed the bill to sell Martin's Cove in Wyoming to the Church. But Wyoming's congressional delegation opposes the bill because they believe it will set a precedent for tribes to buy sacred sites.

Get the Story:
Thomas: Martin's Cove sale to LDS dead (AP 9/25)

Get the Bill:
H.R.4103 (To direct the Secretary of the Interior to transfer certain public lands in Natrona County, Wyoming, to the Corporation of the Presiding Bishop, and for other purposes)

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House panel approves sacred site sale (5/23)
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