URGENT ADVOCACY NEEDED TO SUPPORT HTC-GO!
WASHINGTON, DC, June 26, 2025 – The Senate Finance Committee has released their text of the budget reconciliation tax bill and despite an outpouring of advocacy, no components of HTC-GO were included in the bill. Senator Cassidy (R-LA) is working hard to convince his colleagues to include HTC improvement provisions in the bill, however, he needs the support of other Republican Senators to get positive changes to the HTC included. Senate leadership is now working on the final changes to the bill before consideration by the full Senate. The tax portion of the bill will most likely be bundled with other non-tax related reconciliation provisions and go directly to the Senate floor for a vote. HTC advocates will need to take quick action to urge Republican Senators’ support of Senator Cassidy’s (R-LA) efforts to include HTC improvement provisions in the bill.
URGENT HELP NEEDED FROM THE FOLLOWING STATES:
If you reside in these states, please reach out to your Republican Senators: AK, AL, AR, FL, ID, IN, IA, KS, KY, ME, MS, MO, MT, NE, NC, ND, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, WV, WI, WY and ask them to reach out to Senate Finance Committee, Chairman-Mike Crapo (R-ID) with their support.
EXAMPLE MESSAGE TO YOUR SENATOR:
“The Historic Tax Credit (HTC) is a critical tool for revitalization which has lost significant value over the last 12 years. Improvements provisions were not included in the Finance Committee bill text. The HTC needs to be improved to bring more value to the credits as we look at future projects. Senator Cassidy is working to include HTC improvements, outlined in the Historic Tax Credit Growth and Opportunity Act (HTC-GO/S. 1459), in the reconciliation bill. Will you please voice support to Senate Finance Committee Chairman, Mike Crapo (R-ID), for Sen. Cassidy’s efforts to improve the HTC?”
Feel free to include brief details on projects that would benefit from these improvements.
Thank you to all who have reached out to Republican Senate offices over the last few weeks and months, and we ask that you please follow up with your Senator using the above messaging.
Please activate other advocates to contact their Republican Senators. If you have the ability to contact a Republican Senator directly, please do so on behalf of the HTC.
If you are successful in your outreach, please let us know so we can follow up with Senator Cassidy and his staff.
For assistance with tax staff contacts, feel free to reach out to Mike Phillips at NTCIC (mphillips@ntcic.com) and/or sign up to join the HTC Advocacy Campaign: Click here
Please find the HTC-GO Fact Sheet for more details on the HTC-GO legislation and bill provisions.