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P i I Act, Congress made the federal Service has assumed major pro- government a full partner and a gram responsibilities, including leader in historic preservation. the Archeological and Historic (\D An underlying motivation in pas- Preservation Act (1974)' the 00 '". ��yr`;,:^I.•i•;`'��r�i�} sage of the Act was to transform Archaeological Resources 4r the federal government from an Protection Act (1979), the various w; K. ? �`�•' °' agent of indifference, frequently tax reform and incentives acts responsible for massive losses of of the 1970s and 1980s, the historic resources, to a facilitator, Abandoned Shipwreck Act ' an agent of thoughtful change, (1987), and the Native American and a responsible steward of our Graves Protection and heritage for future generations. Repatriation Act (1990), have all expanded upon the basic founda- Since 1966, our definition of his- tion of the NHPA. NHPA itself toric properties has evolved to has undergone substantial growth j 1 encompass a much broader inter- through amendments in 1976, pretation of:American heritage, 1980, and 1992, among others. one that acknowledges the signifi- It follows that with this more `, u, cance of the nation's diverse com- inclusive view of what historic „ 4N munity heritage. Further, his- properties are, how Americans ' toric properties are now under- relate to them, and the role of his- stood and appreciated as part of toric preservation in addressing — not isolated from—the land- the resulting issues, the chal- ' scape in which they belong. Key lenges presented by their preser- > '�" legislation enacted since 1966, and vation and treatment have grown - 0., i 1 r 0 .av 'f 26