This year 60 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 2026, as did 20 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 Turner (R-OH) and Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM), 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 FY24 alone, SHPOs reviewed and consulted on 108,200 Federal undertakings, provided 91,600 National Register eligibility opinions, and surveyed over 4.5 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 2026 HPF Appropriations Request | $225 million
- $70 million | State Historic Preservation Offices (SHPOs)
- $40 million | Save America’s Treasures grant program
- $34 million | Tribal Historic Preservation Offices (THPOs)
- $28 million | African American Civil Rights grant program
- $17 million | Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization grant program
- $13 million | Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) grant program
- $11 million | Semiquincentennial grant program
- $7 million | History of Equal Rights grant program
- $5 million | 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 U.S. House Member for their support of Historic Preservation!
- Mark DeSaulnier (CA)
- Judy Chu (CA)
- Jimmy Gomez (CA)
- Jared Huffman (CA)
- Mike Thompson (CA)
- Diana DeGette (CO)
- Joe Neguse (CO)
- Brittany Pettersen (CO)
- Joe Courtney (CT)
- Jim Himes (CT)
- Jahana Hayes (CT)
- John Larson (CT)
- Darren Soto (FL)
- Sanford Bishop (GA)
- Earl ‘Buddy’ Carter (GA)
- Lucy McBath (GA)
- Bill Foster (IL)
- Nikki Budzinski (IL)
- Jesus ‘Chuy’ Garcia (IL)
- Darin LaHood (IL)
- Danny Davis (IL)
- Jan Schakowsky (IL)
- André Carson (IN)
- Sharice Davids (KS)
- Stephen Lynch (MA)
- James McGovern (MA)
- Richard Neal (MA)
- William Keating (MA)
- Jamie Raskin (MD)
- Angie Craig (MN)
- Kelly Morrison (MN)
- Ilhan Omar (MN)
- Kimberlyn King-Hinds (MP)
- Teresa Leger Fernández (NM)
- Dan Goldman (NY)
- Paul Tonko (NY)
- Ritchie Torres (NY)
- Jerrold Nadler (NY)
- Michael Turner (OH)
- Mike Carey (OH)
- Greg Landsman (OH)
- Summer Lee (PA)
- Brendan Boyle (PA)
- Rob Bresnahan (PA)
- Brian Fitzpatrick (PA)
- Chrissy Houlahan (PA)
- Greg Casar (TX)
- Lloyd Doggett (TX)
- Joaquin Castro (TX)
- Gerald Connolly (VA)
- Jennifer McClellan (VA)
- Robert ‘Bobby’ Scott (VA)
- Don Beyer (VA)
- Stacey Plaskett (VI)
- Rick Larsen (WA)
- Adam Smith (WA)
- Suzan Delbene (WA)
- Kim Schrier (WA)
- Marilyn Strickland (WA)
- Gwen Moore (WI)
Thank your Senator for their support of Historic Preservation!
- Bennet (CO)
- Blumenthal (CT)
- Booker (NJ)
- Cassidy (LA)
- Duckworth (IL)
- Gillibrand (NY)
- Kaine (VA)
- King (ME)
- Klobuchar (MN)
- Markey (MA)
- Padilla (CA)
- Reed (RI)
- Sanders (VT)
- Slotkin (MI)
- Smith (MN)
- Van Hollen (MD)
- Warner (VA)
- Welch (VT)
- Whitehouse (RI)
- Wyden (OR)
