§306102 Preservation program

Summary

Each Federal agency must set up a preservation program, unless a program is exempt under section 304108(c), and must do this in consultation with the Secretary. The program must find, study, nominate to the National Register, and protect historic property that the agency controls. It must manage and care for those places so their historic, archaeological, architectural, and cultural values are preserved, and it must give extra care to places of national importance under section 306108. The program must also consider the effects of agency actions on historic places the agency does not control. Agencies must work with other Federal, State, and local agencies, Indian tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, and the private sector. Their procedures must follow the Council’s rules under section 304108(a) and (b). They must include a process for identifying and evaluating places and making agreements, in consultation with State Historic Preservation Officers, local governments, tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, and the public. The program must handle Native American cultural items from Federal or tribal land in line with section 3(c) of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (25 U.S.C. 3002(c)).