Washington, March 16 -- Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez issued the following press release:
Today, the House unanimously passed Congresswoman Leger Fernandez's (NM-03) bill, H.R. 4284, the Small Cemetery Conveyance Act (https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4284/text?s=3&r=1&q=*7B*22search*22*3A*22small*cemetery*conveyance*act*22*7D__;JSUlJSUrKyslJQ!!BSgrhSFG!AHsSuM8kvM0REab3AQY9zZ8Y-zKsLbFWFH1XTVBvBy7IxYlUfXUu0feVqicgukeJ0hFtrhOlvU9L-1dMnryJxK9aTc4Tpw$). The bill would remove long-standing federal obstacles for rural, Tribal, and land-grant communities to care for ancestral cemeteries located on National Forest lands.
For generations, families laid their loved ones to rest on lands consec...