Take action to support long-term authorization of the Historic Preservation Fund!

The Historic Preservation Fund's (HPF) current authorization expires on September 30, 2026. We need your help. Reach out to your members of Congress and urge them to support efforts to reauthorize the HPF!

The Historic Preservation Fund is the principal federal funding source to implement the the nation's historic preservation programs. For more than 45 years, the HPF has empowered states and local entities to preserve the buildings and sites that tell their community's stories. The HPF supports State and Tribal Historic Preservation Offices (S/THOPs) in carrying out their federally mandated duties to protect historic resources and evaluate the impact of federal projects on them. The HPF also supports a number of critically important competitive grant programs that helping to revitalize communities and preserve places that tell America's story.

The bipartisan Historic Preservation Fund Reauthorization Act (H.R. 3418) would reauthorize the HPF for 10 years and increase the program's current authorization from $150 million to $250 million. The recent FY26 Interior Appropriations bill that was signed into law, included a one year authorization for the HPF. While we a very thankful the HPF was reauthorized, a longer authorization is urgently needed.

Congress should renew their commitment preserving America's historic places, especially as we commemorate America's 250th anniversary and the HPF's 50th anniversary in 2026.

Reauthorization is imperative to the ongoing success of the HPF program.

Long term authorization would provide much needed certainty to the states, tribes, and local communities that rely on this federal funding to carry out their critical preservation work.