The appropriations process is getting underway in Congress which will determine funding levels for historic preservation priorities for the next fiscal year. We need your help! The FY25 Dear Colleague letter in support of the Historic Preservation Fund are currently circulating in the Senate. The Senate letter is being led by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA).
The letter request $225 million in funding for the Historic Preservation Fund, the same level Preservation Action advocated for during Historic Preservation Advocacy Week. The letter calls for much-needed increases for State and Tribal Historic Preservation Offices, and increases to critically important competitive grant programs.
To maximize the impact of the letter, we need as many Senators to sign-on as possible. We’ve made it easy for you to reach out, check out our Action Alert below to learn more and easily personalize and send a letter to your Senators today. Take action! The deadline for signatures in the Senate is the morning of Wednesday, May 15th.
Reach out to your Senators TODAY!
Senate
- The Senate letter is being led by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA).
- Signatures due: May 15th (morning)
- 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.
- Offices can contact Ryan Kambich (Ryan_Kambich@gillibrand.senate.gov) or Abi Jimenez (Abi_Jimenez@gillibrand.senate.gov) in Sen. Gillibrand’s office to sign-on.
Preservation Action has also made it easy for you take action. Check out our action campaign to easily personalize and send a letter to your members of Congress TODAY!
House
The House HPF Dear Colleague Letter, led by the co-chairs of the Historic Preservation Caucus, Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) and Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), was sent to the House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee on May 3rd. Thank you to everyone who reached out to your Representatives!
Additional Materials
FY24 House HPF Dear Colleague Letter signers