March 13, 2015 NCSHPO Testimony submitted to U. S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies.
Recent perspectives make a simple argument: historic preservation law has become an obstacle to building the infrastructure America needs. It’s a clean story. It’s also wrong. The argument falls apart the moment you separate what the law actually says from unsubstantiated claims. Much of the criticism rests on misconceptions about how the National Historic Preservation […]
As you gear up to visit DC for National Historic Preservation Advocacy Week this March -don’t let the thought of navigating Capitol Hill get you down! What lies ahead is the nation’s most elaborate maze of office buildings connected by optimism, history and inevitably long hallways. If advocacy were an endurance sport, navigating congressional offices […]
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Today, NCSHPO submitted a comment letter in response to the Office of Management and Budget’s May 29, 2026 proposed rule. The proposal would give federal agencies substantially broader authority to suspend or terminate discretionary grants based on whether recipients “demonstrably advance the President’s policy priorities.” Last week, a contentious House appropriations hearing, this proposed overhaul […]