The 2004 Annual Meeting was held in
conjunction with Preservation
Action, March 6-10 in Washington, D.C. There were over 200
participants representing SHPOs, federal agencies, non-profit
organizations and other historic preservation advocates. Participants
attended a variety of sessions, and were updated on the important
legislative issues - the Historic Barn Preservation Program;
the Conservation Trust Fund (CTF); TEA-21 (Transportation Equity
Act for the 21st Century) Reauthorization; the Historic Preservation
Fund (HPF); the Historic Preservation Caucus; the Presidential
Sites Improvement Act; and funding for State Historic Preservation
Offices (SHPOs). With this information, participants then made
visits to Capitol Hill, meeting with their Representatives and
Senators and lobbying for these issues.
The effectiveness of these "in-person"
meetings and follow-up letters, phone calls, and emails paid
off!
- Membership in the House of Representatives
Historic
Preservation Caucus jumped from 53 to 71
- 35 Senators signed a "Dear Colleague"
letter asking Senate Interior Appropriations Subcommittee
Chairman Conrad Burns (R-MT) and Ranking Member Byron Dorgan
(D-ND) to include $50 million for SHPOs in their FY2005 appropriations
bill
- 81 Representatives signed a "Dear
Colleague" letter asking House Interior Appropriations
Subcommittee Chairman Charles Taylor (R-NC) and Ranking Member
Norm Dicks (D-WA) for $50 million for the SHPOs in FY2005
Summaries
of Legislative Issues (PDF
Format)
Session papers
presented (PDF
Format)
