A key responsibility of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) is to administer the requirements of Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), a review process that ensures historic properties are considered during the development of any federal project. The ACHP’s Office of Federal Agency Programs (OFAP) coordinates this responsibility.

This order moves to accommodate access to and ceremonial use of Indian sacred sites by Indian religious practitioners, and avoid affecting the physical integrity of those sites in any adverse way.

Section 106 requires each federal agency to identify and assess the effects of its undertakings on historic properties. It applies when two thresholds are met: there is a federal, federally assisted, or federally licensed activity; and that activity has the potential to affect properties listed in or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.

We have created this page for new, non-federal ACHP members. It walks them through the on-boarding process, including all the forms they need to file once they have been appointed to the ACHP, and explains how they may claim a per diem, make travel arrangements, and get a government credit card. If you are a new ACHP member, congratulations! We really appreciate your service … and we apologize for requiring so much paperwork, but it cannot be avoided.

Memorandum of Agreement Between the United States General Services Administration and the West Virginia State Historic Preservation Office Submitted to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Pursuant to 36 CFR 800 Regarding the Federal Bureau of Investigations's Central Records Complex in Frederick County, Virginia

Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the US General Services Administration (GSA), the Louisiana State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation for the lease of space at the US Custom House, New Orleans, to the Audubon Institute for the construction of the "Insectarium," or Living Science Museum Project (1999).  

Memorandum of Agreement among the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Oscar G. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the Michigan State Historic Preservation Officer, and the Michigan Strategic Fund regarding the Demolition of Building Number 3 at the Oscar G. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Iron Mountain, Dickinson County, Michigan

Memorandum of Agreement between the U.S. General Services Administration, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, and the Preservation Officers of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas Regarding the Disposal of the Federal Helium System at Cliffside and Associated Pipeline and Built Infrastructure 

Memorandum of Agreement Among the General Services Administration, the Washington State Historic Preservation Officer, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Regarding the Adaptive Use of Union Station, Tacoma, WA.

Memorandum of Agreement Among the United States General Services Administration, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, the District of Columbia Historic Preservation Office, the National Capital Planning Commission, and the United States Department of Homeland Security, Regarding the Development of the United States Coast Guard Headquarters at St Elizabeths National Historic Landmark, Washington, D.C.  Amendment #1 (2010) Amendment #2 (2010)