ACHP Chair Bronin this week sent letters to members of the Senate and House appropriations committees on behalf of ACHP membership urging Congress to support at least a $225 million appropriation for the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF). The letter also requests a two-year minimum reauthorization of the HPF pending long-term reauthorization. The HPF funds the vital work done by State and Tribal Historic Preservation Officers, which is the backbone of preservation activity in the nation.

The ACHP also urged Congress to fully fund $3 million for the African-American Burial Grounds Preservation Program under the National Park Service National Recreation and Preservation account of the National Park Service.

Read the letter.