Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

Programmatic Agreement Among the United States General Service Administration, the National Parks Service, the National Capital Planning Commission, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the District of Columbia Historic Preservation Officer, the Maryland State Historic Preservation Officer, the Virginia State Historic Preservation Officer, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Regarding the FBI Headquarters Consolidation, Exchange and Redevelopment.

Programmatic Agreement Among the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Northern Arizona Veterans Affairs Health Care System, the Arizona State Historic Preservation Officer, the Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Regarding the Fort Whipple Enhanced Use Lease Housing Development Project at the Bob Stump Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona

Executive Summary In conjunction with its May 9, 2003, quarterly meeting, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) hosted a second summit meeting of Federal agencies to discuss cultural heritage tourism. As was apparent at the first summit meeting in November 2002, many Federal agencies are already supporting heritage tourism in various ways through their missions and programs.

This report explains how saving energy is a benefit of preserving historic buildings - that it takes less energy to restore old buildings than to replace them. Designed for a general audience, it summarizes research that is described in detail in Assessing the Energy Conservation Benefits of Historic Preservation: Methods and Examples.

The ACHP's Action Plan to Support SHPOs/THPOs, adopted July 14, 2015. Click here to view the plan in pdf format.

Answers to common questions about the use of the Program Comment for Federal Communications Projects

Treaties From 1778 to 1871, the federal government’s relations with Indian Tribes were defined and conducted largely through the treaty-making process. These treaties recognized the sovereignty of Indian Tribes. They also established unique sets of rights, benefits, and conditions for the treaty-making Tribes that agreed to cede millions of acres of their homelands to the United States in return for recognition of property rights in land and resources and federal protections.

The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation has approved an exemption that would relieve federal agencies from the requirement of taking into account the effects of their undertakings on the Interstate Highway System, except with regard to certain individual elements or structures that are part of the system.

Response to a question about the applicability of Section 106 to off-site borrow and disposal areas.

Memorandum of Agreement Between the General Services Administration and the Alabama State Historic Preservation Officer Submitted to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Pursuant to 36 CFR 800.5(e)(4) Regarding the Construction of the Social Security Administration and the Office of Hearings and Appeals Building in Mobile, AL