The purpose of the Historical Preservation Fund (HPF) is to help finance programs generated by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (NHPA). The money for the Fund was expanded considerably in 1976, when Congress approved deposits to HPF's offshore continental shelf oil lease. The HPF supports several State Historic Conservation Offices (SHPOs), providing donations, which are used for historic preservation throughout the US SHPO, as well as the Amerindian Tribal Heritage Preservation Offices (THPO) Have received about $ 37 million annually in funds since 1970. Total spending since the creation of the HPF has exceeded $ 1 billion. Tribal Officer of Historical Preservation (THPO) An appointed officer of a tribe of American Indians with responsibility for the administration of certain National Historic Preservation Acts, (NHPA), State Official of Historical Preservation (SHPO) responsibilities as amended in 1992 that continues to Section 101 (d) (2), and listed in Section 101 (b) (3) of the law by which the tribe has assumed the request to the Secretary of the Interior. A tribe submits their application to the National Park Service for the process in which they have administrative oversight of others from the NHPA. The THPO application process is detailed in a draft standard, which is currently in the final processing state, at 36 CFR 61.8. For more information on THPO's history, funding, list of tribes who have assumed responsibilities and applications to SHPO, please visit the official National Parks website at: [1]
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