Bipartisan Lawmakers Sign-on to the FY27 Historic Preservation Fund Dear Colleague Letter

More than 120 bipartisan Senators and Representatives  — representing 34 different states and territories —signed on to the FY27 House and Senate Historic Preservation Fund Dear (HPF) Colleague Letter. This far exceeds the total number of signers from last several years, demonstrating broad support for the HPF. Scroll down to see the complete list of signers and join us in thanking these lawmakers for their outspoken support of historic preservation!

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.

This year’s House and Senate letters requested up to $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.

The letters also noted the urgent need to reauthorize the Historic Preservation Fund. The House letter was led by the co-chairs of the Historic Preservation Caucus, Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) and Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM), while the Senate letter was again led by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA). The final letters were submitted to the House and Senate Interior Appropriations Subcommittee.

Thank you to everyone that reached out to their members of Congress and urged them to sign on in support of a record funding for the Historic Preservation Fund. Preservation Action would especially like to thank Reps. Turner and Leger Fernández and Sens. Gillibrand and Cassidy for their continued leadership on historic preservation!

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Thank You!

Did your Representative and Senators sign-on? Be sure to thank them for their vocal support of historic preservation! Below are the list of signers organized by state.

FY27 Senate HPF Dear Colleague Letter Final Signers (32 total)

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FY27 House HPF Dear Colleague Letter Final Signers (91 total)

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Additional Materials

• Advocacy Week One Pager: Fund the HPF
• Advocacy Week One Pager: SHPO & THPO