A bipartisan, bicameral congressional letter to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) and Vice Chairman Travis Voyles is circulating right now in both chambers — and Cultural Heritage Partners is thrilled to see it.
We applaud Reps. Sharice Davids (D-KS), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Mike Lawler (R-NY), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Mike Turner (R-OH), and Gabe Vasquez (D-NM), plus Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM), for their leadership in this effort. We encourage everyone to reach out to your elected officials now and urge them to sign on with their colleagues in the House and Senate to tell ACHP that Section 106 should be protected.
As the Members of Congress write, “The Section 106 process has long demonstrated an ability to balance our nation’s infrastructure needs with protecting our history and elevating the stories of Tribes and communities nationwide. This proposal rejects decades of those success stories, the importance of historic sites across the country, and Tribal sovereignty.”