WASHINGTON, D.C. — A handful of members of the House of Representatives are championing the “Don’t Let the Bed Bugs Bite Act of 2008.”
The bill would give inspection grants to any state that can prove it has a bed bug problem. The money—$50 million a year to cover all states — would come from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s existing budget. To qualify, a state would have to require the inspection of at least 20 percent of its hotel rooms.
The bill was co-sponsored by five Democrats and one Republican. The bill has been in committee since May, and its future is unknown. The bill may strike some people as unfair because it asks taxpayers nationwide to fund inspections that, in all likelihood, will happen in only a handful of states. For others, the bill may seem wrong on principle because it encourages federal nosiness into state affairs or because government expenditure on such matters is perceived to be economically inefficient.
Read the complete article from Budget Travel.
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