Preservation Action, Legislative Update
Volume 25, Number 15, May 13, 2022
1. Appropriations Update: Interior Secretary Haaland Testifies at House Budget Hearing
2. Senate Committee Holds Hearing on African American Burial Grounds Bill and Other Priorities
3. National Park Service Announces African American Civil Rights and History of Equal Rights Grants
4. Preservation Action Hosts Preservation Month Virtual Congressional Briefing
5. Stories From Around the States
Preservation Action, Legislative Update
Volume 25, Number 14, May 06, 2022
1. Urge Your Senators to Sign-on for Increased Historic Preservation Funding
2. Senate Committee Advances National Heritage Area Act of 2021
3. National Trust Announces 2022 List of 11 Most Endangered Historic Places
4. Join Preservation Month Virtual Congressional Briefing
5. Stories From Around the States
The appropriations process is in full swing in Congress, which will determine Fiscal Year 2023 funding levels for historic preservation and we need your help! Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) are leading the bipartisan FY23 Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) Dear Colleague Letter in the Senate. The Senate letter, like the House letter, requests $200 million in funding for the HPF, the same level Preservation Action advocated for during Historic Preservation Advocacy Week and would be a record level of funding for the program. The request includes much-needed increases for State and Tribal Historic Preservation Offices, which are expected to face increased workloads from federally mandated project reviews associated with the recently passed infrastructure bill, and increases to critically important competitive grant programs. The letter requests:
The letter will be submitted to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies and marks a strong commitment to protecting our historic resources for future generations. Congress needs to hear from preservation advocates.
Reach out to your Senators and urge them to sign-on to the bipartisan FY2023 Historic Preservation Fund dear colleague letter being circulated by Senators Gillibrand and Cassidy. The more support we can demonstrate for the HPF, the better positioned it will be in the appropriations process.
If you have a personal contact in your Senator’s office, contact that person directly, especially if you just met with their office during Advocacy Week, and urge them to sign-on to the HPF dear colleague letter. If they do not handle Interior Appropriations please ask that they pass the message along to the Interior Appropriations staffer. Preservation Action has also made it easy for you take action. Check out our action campaign to easily edit and send a letter to your Senators today! Also be sure to share this alert with your networks. The deadline for signatures is COB, Monday, May 23rd. Take action today!
Preservation Action, Legislative Update
Volume 25, Number 13, April 29, 2022
1. More Than 100 Representatives Sign-on for Record Funding for the Historic Preservation Fund
2. Legislative Hearing Held on HPF Enhancement and African American Burial Grounds Bills
3. Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site Expansion Act Heads to President’s Desk
4. Join Preservation Month Virtual Congressional Briefing
5. Stories From Around the States
Preservation Action, Legislative Update
Volume 25, Number 12, April 22, 2022
1. Join Preservation Month Virtual Congressional Briefing
2. Applications Due May 3rd for Semiquincentennial Grant Program
3. Efforts to Expand State Historic Tax Credit Programs in Kentucky and Ohio Advance
4. Stories From Around the States
