Programmatic Agreement Between the United States Department of Agriculture, New Mexico Natural Resources Conservation Service State Office, and New Mexico State Historic Preservation Officer, Regarding Conservation Assistance

Programmatic Agreement Between the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, West Virginia-State Office, and the West Virginia State Historic Preservation Officer, Regarding Conservation Assistance Amendment #1 to the NRCS Statewide PA for Conservation Assistance in West Virginia

Programmatic Agreement (PA) Among the US General Services Administration, the State Historic Preservation Officers of Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Nevada, and the ACHP Regarding the Preservation, Maintenance, Rehabilitation, and Use of Historic Properties and Consideration of Historic Properties in Planning Activities (June 2008 - 2018)

Programmatic Agreement Among the U.S. General Services Administration, the U.S. Department of State, the Virginia State Historic Preservation Office, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Regarding Implementation of the Revised Master Plan for the Consolidation of the Foreign Service Institute at the George P. Shultz Foreign Affairs Training Center, Arlington, VA 

A process that will streamline historic review requirements under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) for almost 200,000 bridges nationwide saving approximately $78 million has been put in place by the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) in concert with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and other agencies.

Upon the twentieth anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act, the ACHP issued a report on how the national preservation program might be improved. 

An important part of the ACHP mission statement is to advise the President and Congress on historic preservation matters. The ACHP also provides evaluations and recommendations on how federal programs can make better use of historic preservation tools and techniques as federal agencies carry out their missions. These efforts focus on strategies to effectively combine the stewardship of the nation’s heritage with other national goals.

Mrs. Laura Bush, honorary chair of the Preserve America initiative, led a national Preserve America Summit October 18-20, 2006, in New Orleans, Louisiana, marking the 40th anniversary of the passage of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation was a partner and served as Summit coordinator. In August 2007, the ACHP issued recommendations based on the issues raised at the Summit.

The Tinian Landing Beaches, Ushi Point and North Fields, Tinian Island National Historic Landmark (collectively known as the Tinian NHL) are recognized for the role they played in World War II. The capture of Tinian, an island within the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), in the summer of 1944 from Japan by the United States Marine Corps provided American forces with an airstrip from which to support military campaigns in the Western Pacific and served as the base from which the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were staged.