Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) and James Moylan (R-GU) and U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) reintroduced bipartisan legislation designed to strengthen the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) to compensate individuals exposed to radiation while working in uranium mines or living downwind from atomic weapons tests. Read more »
Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee Ranking Member Teresa Leger Fernández and House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva today issued the following statements on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Haaland v. Brackeen, a case that challenged the constitutionality of the bipartisan Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA).
ICWA has been instrumental in… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández and Senator Martin Heinrich introduced legislation to establish Cerro de la Olla Wilderness within the Río Grande del Norte National Monument in northern New Mexico.
Senator Ben Ray Luján and Representative Melanie Stansbury are original cosponsors.
For generations, people of the Taos area have hunted, gathered herbs, and… Read more »
Representative Teresa Leger Fernández and Senator Martin Heinrich introduced legislation to approve the water rights settlements of the Pueblos of Acoma, Jemez, Laguna, and Zia, as well as participating non-Tribal parties.
Senator Ben Ray Luján and Representatives Melanie Stansbury and Gabe Vasquez are original cosponsors.
The Rio San José and Rio Jemez Water Settlements… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Leger Fernández helped pass the fiscal year 2023 appropriations bill to fund the government.
The bill includes $23,552,000 in specific Community Project Funding for New Mexico’s 3rd Congressional District. It also includes numerous other provisions she championed, including an additional $1.45 billion for wildfire relief, to uplift New Mexico communities… Read more »
Representative Teresa Leger Fernández and U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich introduced two bills to approve the water rights claims of the Pueblos of Acoma, Jemez, Laguna, and Zia, as well as participating non-Tribal parties.
Both pieces of legislation introduced in the House and Senate would implement two fund-based water settlements: one between the Pueblos of Jemez and Zia, the United… Read more »
Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández issued the following statement after passage of her Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony or STOP Act, which now heads to the President’s desk to be signed into law:
“This week has been historic for Tribal Nations – from New Mexico to Alaska to Hawaii – as the Senate passed my bill, H.R. 2930, the Safeguard Tribal… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Leger Fernández introduced a bill that amends the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project’s authorization to ensure it has the resources it needs to reach completion and to lower costs for the communities it serves.
Senator Ben Ray Luján introduced the legislation in the Senate.
The Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project was first authorized as… Read more »
Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández introduced the Tribal Connect Act of 2022 to make it easier for Tribes to secure high-speed internet access at Tribally-owned public institutions through the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Universal Service Fund (USF) Schools and Libraries Program, or E-rate program.
Senators Heinrich, Hoeven, and Luján introduced the… Read more »
Representative Teresa Leger Fernández and U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich introduced two bills to approve the water rights claims of the Pueblos of Acoma, Jemez, Laguna, and Zia, as well as participating non-Tribal parties.
Both pieces of legislation introduced in the House and Senate would implement two fund-based water settlements: one between the Pueblos of Jemez and Zia, the United… Read more »
