United States: Give Tribes The Power To Determine Their Own Building Code - Petition

United States: Give Tribes The Power To Determine Their Own Building Code - Petition   We are facing a very urgent matter with regard to code adoption and enforcement in the Native American Tribal jurisdictions within your states. Last year, an official for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, responsible for codes and construction for BIA funded facilities, sent out a revised policy which states “Indian Affairs has adopted building safety codes and standards using the format of most municipal...

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