Congress steps up to request $250 million for the Historic Preservation Fund for FY 2027
SENATE
This years Senate dear colleague letter supporting FY27 HPF funding is championed by Senators Gillibrand (D-NY) and Cassidy (R-LA), and underscore the importance of HPF funding to SHPOs, THPOs, and competitive historic preservation grant programs.
ASK YOUR SENATOR TO SIGN!
U.S. Senate Letter | Now Circulating!
Senate offices may sign on via Quill (only works internally)
Questions can be directed to: Ryan Kambrich in Senator Gillibrand’s office at Ryan_Kambrich@gillibrand.senate.gov
Let’s exceed the 20 signatures in the Senate LAST YEAR! Did your Senator sign?
DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL Monday, April 13th at 5:00 p.m.
Signatures as of 4.10.2026
- Angela Alsobrooks (MD)
- Michael Bennet (CO)
- Richard Blumenthal (CT)
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE)
- Maria Cantwell (WA)
- Bill Cassidy (LA)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (NV)
- Tammy Duckworth (IL)
- John Hickenlooper (CO)
- Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)
- Tim Kaine (VA)
- Angus King (ME)
- Amy Klobuchar (MN)
- Ben Ray Luján (NM)
- Chris Murphy (CT)
- Alex Padilla (CA)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Jacklyn Rosen (NV)
- Bernie Sanders (VT)
- Elissa Slotkin (MI)
- Tina Smith (MN)
- Chris Van Hollen (MD)
- Mark Warner (VA)
- Peter Welch (VT)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)
FY 2027 HPF Appropriations Request, $250 million | one pager
- State Historic Preservation Offices (SHPOs) | $70 million
- Tribal Historic Preservation Offices (THPOs) | $34 million
- Preservation Technology Initiative | $25 million
- Historically Black Colleges & Universities | $13 million
- Competitive grant programs
- Save America’s Treasures grant program | $40 million
- African American Civil Rights grant program | $28 million
- Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization grant program | $17 million
- Semiquincentennial grant programs | $11 million
- History of Equal Rights grant programs | $7 million
- Underrepresented Community grant program | $5 million
HOUSE
This years House dear colleague letter supporting HPF funding is championed by the co-chairs of the House Historic Preservation Caucus, Congressman Turner (R-OH) and Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM) and underscore the importance of HPF funding to SHPOs, THPOs, and competitive historic preservation grant programs.
U.S. House Letter (FINAL) 91 Signatures for FY27!
- Aumua Amata Radewagen (AS)
- Greg Stanton (AZ)
- Mark DeSaulnier (CA)
- Jared Huffman (CA)
- Judy Chu (CA)
- Jimmy Gomez (CA)
- Sara Jacobs (CA)
- Mike Thompson (CA)
- Dave Min (CA)
- Diana DeGette (CO)
- Joe Neguse (CO)
- Jason Crow (CO)
- Brittany Pettersen (CO)
- John Larson (CT)
- Joe Courtney (CT)
- Jahana Hayes (CT)
- James Himes (CT)
- Sarah McBride (DE)
- Jared Moskowitz (FL)
- Frederica Wilson (FL)
- Darren Soto (FL)
- Henry Johnson (FL)
- Lucy McBath (GA)
- Jonathan Jackson (IL)
- Bradley Schneider (IL)
- Bill Foster (IL)
- Nikki Budzinski (IL)
- Darin LaHood (IL)
- Robin Kelly (IL)
- Delia Ramirez (IL)
- Jesús Garcia (IL)
- Sean Casten (IL)
- Danny Davis (IL)
- Jan Schakowsky (IL)
- Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL)
- André Carson (IN)
- Sharice Davids (KS)
- Troy Carter (LA)
- James McGovern (MA)
- Stephen Lynch (MA)
- William Keating (MA)
- Sarah Elfreth (MD)
- April McClain Delaney (MD)
- Kweisi Mfume (MD)
- Jamie Raskin (MD)
- Rashida Tlaib (MI)
- Angie Craig (MN)
- Kelly Morrison (MN)
- Ilhan Omar (MN)
- Kimberlyn King-Hinds (MP)
- Chris Pappas (NH)
- Teresa Leger Fernández (NM)
- Nellie Pou (NJ)
- Steven Horsford (NV)
- Dina Titus (NV)
- Daniel Goldman (NY)
- George Latimer (NY)
- Jerrold Nadler (NY)
- Ritchie Torres (NY)
- Josh Riley (NY)
- Patrick Ryan (NY)
- Paul Tonko (NY)
- John Mannion (NY)
- Timothy Kennedy (NY)
- Nydia Velázquez (NY)
- Greg Landsman (OH)
- Michael Turner (OH)
- Mike Carey (OH)
- Joyce Beatty (OH)
- Suzanne Bonamici (OR)
- Brian Fitzpatrick (PA)
- Christopher Deluzio (PA)
- Brendan Boyle (PA)
- Dwight Evans (PA)
- Chrissy Houlahan (PA)
- Robert Bresnahan (PA)
- Pablo Hernández Rivera (PR)
- Lloyd Doggett (TX)
- James Walkinshaw (VA)
- Robert Scott (VA)
- Jennifer McClellan (VA)
- Donald Beyer (VA)
- Becca Balint (VT)
- Suzan DelBene (WA)
- Marilyn Strickland (WA)
- Rick Larsen (WA)
- Emily Randall (WA)
- Pramila Jayapal (WA)
- Kim Schrier (WA)
- Adam Smith (WA)
- Gwen Moore (WI)
Dear Colleague,
As co-chairs of the Historic Preservation Caucus, we invite you to join us in requesting funding for the core historic preservation programs. These programs help to stimulate private investment, spur economic growth, and create jobs, while revitalizing our communities and protecting our country’s cultural heritage.
Specifically, we ask that you sign the attached letter to the Interior and Environment Appropriations Subcommittee requesting $250 million in funding for the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) for Fiscal Year 2026. Of the total, we request $70 million to support State Historic Preservation Offices (SHPOs), $34 million to support Tribal Historic Preservation Offices (THPOs), $25 million to support preservation technology initiatives, $13 to million support Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and $108 million for six existing competitive grant programs.
If you have any questions, contact Katherine Schiller with Rep. Turner’s office at katherine.schiller@mail.house.gov or Alan Rojas-Rodriguez with Rep. Leger Fernandez’s office at alan.rojasrodriguez@mail.house.gov.
Sincerely,
Historic Preservation Caucus co-chairs
