Title 54National Park Service and Related ProgramsRelease 119-73

§303903 Preservation education and training program

Title 54 › Subtitle Subtitle III— - National Preservation Programs › Chapter CHAPTER 3039— - MISCELLANEOUS › § 303903

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must set up a preservation training program with the Council and federal, tribal, Native Hawaiian, and other partners. The program must set standards and expand training for federal workers, train other government workers and students, give technical or financial help to HBCUs, tribal colleges, and colleges with high Native American or Native Hawaiian enrollment, and coordinate with the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training on technology, trades, and preservation research.

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Title 54, §303903

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The Secretary, in consultation with the Council and other appropriate Federal, tribal, Native Hawaiian, and non-Federal organizations, shall develop and implement a comprehensive preservation education and training program. The program shall include—
(1)standards and increased preservation training opportunities for Federal workers involved in preservation-related functions;
(2)preservation training opportunities for other Federal, State, tribal and local government workers, and students;
(3)technical or financial assistance, or both, to historically black colleges and universities, to tribal colleges, and to colleges with a high enrollment of Native Americans or Native Hawaiians, to establish preservation training and degree programs; and
(4)where appropriate, coordination with the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training of—
(A)distribution of information on preservation technologies;
(B)provision of training and skill development in trades, crafts, and disciplines related to historic preservation in Federal training and development programs; and
(C)support for research, analysis, conservation, curation, interpretation, and display related to preservation.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 30390316 U.S.C. 470a(j).Pub. L. 89–665, title I, § 101(j), as added Pub. L. 102–575, title XL, § 4008, Oct. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 4758. In paragraph (1), the word “new” is omitted as unnecessary. In paragraph (2), the word “increased” is omitted as unnecessary.

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54 U.S.C. § 303903

Title 54National Park Service and Related Programs

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73