This year 71 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives voiced support for $225 million in appropriations to be allotted to the Historic Preservation Fund for FY 2025, as did 22 U.S. Senators

U.S. HOUSE LETTER | U.S. SENATE LETTER

The House version of the letter was championed by the co-chairs of the House Historic Preservation Caucus, Congressman Blumenauer (D-OR) and Turner (R-OH), while the Senate version of the letter was once again led by Senators Gillibrand (D-NY) and Cassidy (R-LA). The letters underscore the importance of HPF funding to SHPOs, THPOs, and competitive historic preservation grant programs.

Each letter outlines a request of $70 million to be appropriated to SHPOs to continue efforts to promote and preserve our nation’s unique historic and cultural heritage. These funds remain crucial to each SHPO offices efforts. In FY22 alone, SHPOs reviewed and consulted on 177,400 Federal undertakings (a 42.7% increase over FY21), provided 83,200 National Register eligibility opinions, and surveyed over 5.3 million acres for cultural resources. SHPOs also assist in administering the Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit program that has created more than 3.2 million jobs and leveraged over $235 billion in private investment since the program’s inception.

Full FY 2025 HPF Appropriations Request | $225 million

• $70 million for State Historic Preservation Offices (SHPOs)
• $40 million for the Save America’s Treasures grant program
• $34 million for Tribal Historic Preservation Offices (THPOs)
• $28 million for the African American Civil Rights grant program
• $17 million for the Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization grant program
• $13 million Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) grant program
• $11 million for the Semiquincentennial grant program
• $7 million for the History of Equal Rights grant program
• $5 million for the Underrepresented Community grant program

Don’t see your Senator or House Representatives name below? Now is the time to strengthen existing relationships and build new ones to ensure Historic Preservation is a Congressional priority!

Thank your Senator for their support of Historic Preservation!

Thank your U.S. House Member for their support of Historic Preservation!