Washington, July 24 -- Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez (NM-03), Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs, and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (ME-01), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, condemned a proposal released by the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) that would rush through sweeping changes (https://fernandez.house.gov/UploadedFiles/36_CFR_Part_800_NPRM_Redline_For_ACHP_Vote.pdf) to the regulations implementing Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act.
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