Preservation Action, Legislative Update
Volume 25, Number 08, March 25, 2022
1. FY23 Budget Process Underway- Preservation Action Urges Support for HPF
2. National Park Service Accepting Applications for Semiquincentennial Preservation Grants
3. Follow Up From Historic Preservation Advocacy Week
4. Stories From Around the States
Take action to Protect African American Burial Grounds!
Help us take action on the African American Burial Grounds Preservation Act, by reaching out to your members of Congress and urging them to co-sponsor this important bill!
Introduced by Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) in the Senate, Rep. Alma Adams (D-NC) and Rep. Donald McEachin (D-VA) in the House, the bipartisan African American Burial Grounds Preservation Act (S. 3667/H.R. 6805) authorizes the National Park Service to establish a $3 million grant program to identify and protect African American Burial Grounds.
The protection and documentation of African American burial grounds have long been neglected. Many African American burial grounds are in a state of disrepair, inaccessible, or their locations are unknown. Providing federal resources helps ensure that these sites are preserved, documented, and maintained for future generations.
Urge your U.S Representative and U.S Senators to support and co-sponsor the African American Burial Grounds Preservation Act (S. 3667/H.R. 6805) TODAY!
If you have a personal contact in your Representative’s office, contact that person directly and urge them to co-sponsor the African American Burial Grounds Preservation Act (S.3667/H.R. 6805). Preservation Action has also made it easy for you to take action, use the link below to easily edit and send a letter to your Representative today! Also be sure to share this alert with your networks.
Preservation Action, Legislative Update
Volume 25, Number 07, March 18, 2022
1. Urge Your Members of Congress to Co-sponsor the African American Burial Grounds Preservation Act
2. Senate Committee Votes to Favorably Report Sara Bronin’s Nomination to Lead ACHP
3. Follow Up From Historic Preservation Advocacy Week
4. Stories From Around the States
Preservation Action, Legislative Update
Volume 25, Number 06, March 11, 2021
1. Congress Passes Omnibus Spending Bill Including Record Funding for the Historic Preservation Fund
2. Annual NPS Reports Show Continued Success of Historic Tax Credit and Historic Preservation Fund
3. Thanks for a Successful Virtual Historic Preservation Advocacy Week
4. Stories From Around the States
Take action to enhance the Historic Preservation Fund!
Urge your Representative to co-sponsor the Historic Preservation Enhancement Act (H.R. 6589)! Introduced by Rep. Teresa Leger-Fernandez (D-NM) and Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), this important bill makes long over due enhancements and updates to the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF). The Historic Preservation Enhancement Act would permanently authorize and fully fund the HPF. Authorization for the HPF is set to expire in September of 2023 and recent appropriation bills have exceeded the program’s authorized level of $150 million. This bill would:
Since 1976, the Historic Preservation Fund has helped to recognize, save, revitalize, and protect America’s historic places. For more than 40 years, the HPF has empowered states and local entities to preserve the buildings and sites that tell their community’s stories. Through additional grant programs like the African American Civil Rights Grant Program, the History of Equal Rights grant program, the Underrepresented Communities Grant Program, and others, the HPF is helping to tell a more diverse and inclusive American story.The HPF’s authorization has not been increased since the program’s inception in 1976 and is long overdue. This bill 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.
Urge your U.S Representative to support and co-sponsor the Historic Preservation Enhancement Act (H.R. 6589) TODAY!
If you have a personal contact in your Representative’s office, contact that person directly and urge them to co-sponsor the Historic Preservation Enhancement Act (H.R. 6589). Preservation Action has also made it easy for you to take action, use the link below to easily edit and send a letter to your Representative today! Also be sure to share this alert with your networks.
