§304102 Duties of Council

Summary

Must advise the President and Congress about historic preservation. The Council must recommend ways to coordinate federal, state, local, tribal, and private work and help spread information about those efforts. It must work with the National Trust and other groups to boost public interest and participation. The Council must propose studies on things like whether laws and rules at state and local levels are enough and how tax rules affect preservation. It must give guidance to help states and cities write preservation laws, promote training and education, review federal agency policies and suggest improvements, and inform federal, state, local, tribal, international, and private audiences about its work. The Council must send a full report to the President every year about its activities and study results and may send extra reports when needed. Each report must recommend laws or actions the Council thinks are needed, describe current and future problems in preservation, and evaluate how well federal, state, local, and private programs are working.