Urge Your Representative to Sign-on to the Bipartisan FY27 Historic Preservation Fund Dear Colleague Letter Today!

Quick turnaround! Deadline for Signatures is Wednesday, March 18th

As we commemorate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the 50th anniversary of the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF), we're urging Congress to invest in the places that tell our nation's story by providing $250 million for the HPF.

Champions in the House are currently circulating the FY27 Dear Colleague Letter in support of the HPF. The co-chairs of the Historic Preservation Caucus, Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) and Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM) are leading the House letter. Stay tuned for details on a Senate letter coming soon!

This bipartisan letter requests $250 million in funding for the Historic Preservation Fund, the same level Preservation Action and advocates from around the country advocated for during National Historic Preservation Advocacy Week. The letter urges robust funding for State Historic Preservation Offices at $70 million, $34 million for Tribal Historic Preservation Offices, includes $25 million for digitization of state and Tribal records to accelerate the delivery of critical infrastructure projects, $13 million for the Historically Black Colleges and Universities preservation grant program, and $108 million for six existing preservation grant programs.

Members of Congress need to hear from preservation advocates!

To maximize the impact of the letter, we need as many members of Congress to sign-on as possible. Urge your Representative to sign-on today!