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.

The Preserve America Executive Order directs federal agencies to advance the protection, enhancement, and contemporary use of federal historic properties and to promote partnerships for the preservation and use of historic properties, particularly through heritage tourism.

Prototype Programmatic Agreements [36 CFR § 800.14(b)(4)] may be used for the same type of program or undertaking in more than one case or area and typically establish efficiencies and protocols for implementing these undertakings.

Memorandum of Agreement Between the U.S. General Services Administration and the West Virginia State Historic Preservation Officer Regarding the Huntington Federal Building Modernization, City of Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia 

Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the US General Services Administration (GSA) and the Texas State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) regarding the Amarillo Helium Plant in Amarillo, Texas (2007) 

VA Memorandum of Agreement Among the Jonathan M. Wainwright VA Memorial Medical Center, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, and the Washington State Historic Preservation Officer Regarding Demolition of Building 7 and New Possible Building Construction at the Walla Walla VA Medical Center (WA)

Memorandum of Agreement Among the US General Services Administration, the US Department of Veterans Affairs Eastern Colorado Health Care System, the Colorado State Historic Preservation Office, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Regarding the Conveyance of Title for a Portion of the Former Veterans Affairs Medical Center 1055 Clermont Street, Denver, CO 80220 (2022)

Memorandum of Agreement By and Among the United States of America, Acting by and  through its General Services Administration and the Washington State Historic Preservation Officer Regarding the Conveyance, Rehabilitation, and Preservation of the Seattle Immigration and Naturalization Services Building.