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 ACHP then created an implementation strategy and chaired a Summit implementation steering committee to monitor progress by federal agencies and their partners in implementing the recommendations of the Preserve America Summit. 

Read the 2013 implementation report.