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0: " : 4N H + E : 1 '.- L * L1. Pie following information was taken from recent issues of the Weekly Legislative Update for SRPOs and Preservation Action Legislative Watch, publications from the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers and Preservation Action. period. The Trust' s semipostal stamp proposal would benefit the United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home (USAAH) and the President Lincoln and Soldiers' Home National Monument, The former is a living monument to the sacrifice and honor of NEW CHAR OF HOUSE RESOURCES PARKS America' s veterans - 1 ,000 retired and disabled enlisted men SUBCOMMITTEE and women currently reside there . The latter is a historic mono Representative George Radanovich (R- CA) was appointed ument that is in dire need of funding to properly restore and chairman of the Subcommittee on National Parks , Recreation, interpret the site and its association with President Abraham and Public Lands by Resources Chairman, James Hansen (R- Lincoln, the Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation. UT) . This change is the result of some committee shuffling The Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee will meet in October following the recent death of Representative Floyd Spence (R- to review the many proposals received for semipostals , and SC) , who served as chairman of the House Armed Services render a decision on the winning proposal by the end of the Subcommittee on Military Procurement. Representative Joel year. More information on this effort will be available on the Hefley (R- CO) , former chairman of Parks Subcommittee will website for the National Trust for Historic Preservation at fill an empty chairmanship on the Armed Services Military www. nthp . org . Readiness panel . Representative Radanovich represents the 19th district of California, a large agricultural community CARA SUMMIT POSTPONED which includes Fresno and Yosemite National Park. After Due to the attacks of September 11 , the CARA receiving the chairmanship Representative Radanovich Summit originally planned for October loth and released a press statement stating " as an individual raised just 11th in Washington, D . C . has been postponed. outside of Yosemite National Park, I am eager to address the A reschedule date has not been determined at this time . It is concerns of those who live closest to the land, and ensure that unlikely Congress will take action on any major conservation common-sense policies are applied and adhered to in our parks measures before the end of the year. However, please continue and public lands . I believe it is essential that we do everything to inform your member of the importance of the Historic in our power to make certain the owners of our public lands - Preservation Fund (HPF) in his or her district. Updates on cur- the American taxpayers - have open access to them for their rent and proposed projects in your area will remind your mern- enjoyment . As Chairman, I will work with this perspective and ber that funding is necessary for the protection and preserva- with the advice of communities that surround our parks and tion of our communities . The historic preservation community federal lands . " needs to have its supporters in Congress ready to act for CARA when Congress is ready to begin consideration of legis- - = NATIONAL TRUST GOES SEMIPOSTAL lation. Proposal for a Semipostal Stamp to Benefit Lincoln Cottage The National Trust for Historic Preservation has submitted a proposal for a semipostal stamp benefitting Lincoln Cottage , U. S . Soldiers' and Airmen' s Home , in Washington DC . The proposal was submitted to the U. S . r„. Postal Service' s (USPS) Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee which selects the nation' s next semipostal stamp . A semipostal :> is a postage stamp that is issued by USPS , and sold at a price above the first-class mail single-piece first- ounce rate , to help ' `°<: : provide for funding for a cause determined by the Postal % . Service to be " in the national public interest and appropriate . " The Semipostal Stamp Program was created by an act of Congress (P. L . 106-253 ) in the 106th Congress and authorizes ` ' the USPS to sell and issue semipostal stamps for a ten-year 14 NEWS from the NATIONAL ALLIANCEofPRESERVATION COMMISSIONS