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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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archival_leaders-owner@aall.archivists.org
[mailto:archival_leaders-owner@aall.archivists.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jenifer
Burlis-Freilich<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 14, 2010 12:49 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> archival_leaders@aall.archivists.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [AALL] Action Alert - NHPRC reauthorization to Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText>Action Alert!!!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Vote Needed on NHPRC reauthorization at $20 Million<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>We are making good progress on having the National
Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) reauthorized at the
increased level of $20 million. Thanks to your efforts, the House
Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives passed
reauthorization at $20 million for NHPRC on July 1. Now the full
committee, the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, must pass the same
reauthorization. With only a few weeks left in the session, now is the
time to contact the full Oversight Committee to ask for a markup on HR
5616. We need a big push from all of you to ensure that this
reauthorization makes it out of the House Committee, at the $20 million level.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>The Senate passed its version of the NHPRC
reauthorization bill on July 12, but at the $10M reauthorization level instead
of the $20 million. The Committee needs to hear from us, so that they
will know how important it is for NHPRC be authorized at $20 million.
Please contact your member of Congress, if he or she is on the Committee, and
ask the Committee vote on and pass HR 5616, NHPRC reauthorization, as reported
by the Subcommittee, at $20M.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>The members of the full Committee are listed below, with
a link to each member's website with contact information. Please contact
your representative by email, fax, or telephone, and ask him/her to request
that Chairman Towns put HR 5616 on the agenda for a Committee vote. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Committee on Oversight and Government Reform<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Democrats<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Chairman, Edolphus Towns <<a
href="http://www.house.gov/towns/">http://www.house.gov/towns/</a>> , New
York<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski <<a
href="http://kanjorski.house.gov/">http://kanjorski.house.gov/</a>> ,
Pennsylvania<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney <<a
href="http://maloney.house.gov/">http://maloney.house.gov/</a>> , New York<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Rep. Elijah E. <<a
href="http://www.house.gov/cummings/">http://www.house.gov/cummings/</a>>
Cummings, Maryland<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich <<a
href="http://kucinich.house.gov/">http://kucinich.house.gov/</a>> , Ohio<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Rep. John F. Tierney <<a
href="http://www.house.gov/tierney/">http://www.house.gov/tierney/</a>> ,
Massachusetts<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Rep. Wm. Lacy Clay <<a
href="http://lacyclay.house.gov/">http://lacyclay.house.gov/</a>> , Missouri<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Rep. Diane E. Watson <<a
href="http://www.house.gov/watson/">http://www.house.gov/watson/</a>> ,
California<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Rep. Stephen F. Lynch <<a
href="http://www.house.gov/lynch/">http://www.house.gov/lynch/</a>> ,
Massachusetts<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Rep. Jim Cooper <<a href="http://cooper.house.gov/">http://cooper.house.gov/</a>>
, Tennessee<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Rep. Gerald E. Connolly <<a
href="http://connolly.house.gov/">http://connolly.house.gov/</a>> , Virginia
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Rep. Mike Quigley <<a
href="http://www.quigley.house.gov/">http://www.quigley.house.gov/</a>> ,
Illinois <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Rep. Marcy Kaptur <<a
href="http://www.kaptur.house.gov/">http://www.kaptur.house.gov/</a>> , Ohio
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Rep. Eleanor Holmes <<a
href="http://www.norton.house.gov/">http://www.norton.house.gov/</a>>
Norton, District of Columbia<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Rep. Patrick <<a
href="http://patrickkennedy.house.gov/">http://patrickkennedy.house.gov/</a>>
Kennedy, Rhode Island<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Rep. Danny Davis <<a href="http://www.house.gov/davis">http://www.house.gov/davis</a>>
, Illinois <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Rep. Chris Van Hollen <<a
href="http://vanhollen.house.gov/">http://vanhollen.house.gov/</a>> ,
Maryland<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Rep. Henry Cuellar <<a href="http://cuellar.house.gov/">http://cuellar.house.gov/</a>>
, Texas <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Rep. Paul W. Hodes <<a href="http://hodes.house.gov/">http://hodes.house.gov/</a>>
, New Hampshire<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Rep. Christopher S. <<a
href="http://chrismurphy.house.gov/">http://chrismurphy.house.gov/</a>>
Murphy, Connecticut<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Rep. Peter Welch <<a href="http://welch.house.gov/">http://welch.house.gov/</a>>
, Vermont<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Rep. Bill Foster <<a href="http://foster.house.gov/">http://foster.house.gov/</a>>
, Illinois <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Rep. Jackie Speier <<a href="http://speier.house.gov/">http://speier.house.gov/</a>>
, California<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Rep. Steve Driehaus <<a
href="http://driehaus.house.gov/">http://driehaus.house.gov/</a>> , Ohio <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Rep. Judy Chu <<a href="http://chu.house.gov/">http://chu.house.gov/</a>>
, California<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText>Republicans<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText>Ranking Member Rep. Darrell E. Issa, California<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Rep. Dan Burton, Indiana<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Rep. John L. Mica, Florida<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Rep. John J. Duncan Jr., Tennessee<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Rep. Michael Turner, Ohio<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Rep. Lynn A. Westmoreland, Georgia<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, North Carolina<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Rep. Brian Bilbray, California<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Rep. Jim Jordan, Ohio<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Rep. Jeff Flake, Arizona<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, Nebraska<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Rep. Jason Chaffetz, Utah<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Rep. Aaron Schock, Illinois<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, Missouri<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Rep. Anh<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><http://republicans.oversight.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=ar<o:p></o:p></p>
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"Joseph" Cao, Louisiana<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText>Rep. Bill Shuster, Pennsylvania<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText>Points to make in your call, fax, or email:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>. HR 5616
reauthorizes the National Historical Publications and<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Records Commission (NHPRC) at the funding level of $20 million,
and was reported favorably from the Information Policy, Census, and National
Archives Subcommittee.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>. Please
ask Chairman Edolphus Towns to hold a vote on HR 5616 in<span style='color:
#1F497D'> </span>the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>. Passing
HR 5616 will significantly improve the condition of and<span style='color:#1F497D'>
</span>access to the American historical record through grants from the NHPRC,
the only federal agency that provides grants specifically for archives.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>. NHPRC
is a good investment of federal dollars. All grants provide<span
style='color:#1F497D'> </span>a 50% cost-share in local funds. NHPRC
grants often serve as "seed money"<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span>to
start archival programs or activities. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>. NHPRC
stimulates jobs in the archives and records management<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>profession. Historical records projects are
"jobs-heavy." On the average 75% of NHPRC funds for projects
are used for staff salaries. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Provide information on why NHPRC is important to your
region/state/institution, or tell a personal story about your use of a record
or its importance to you. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
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