Title 54 — National Park Service and Related ProgramsRelease 119-73
§306108 Effect of undertaking on historic property
Title 54 › Subtitle Subtitle III— - National Preservation Programs › Chapter CHAPTER 3061— - PROGRAM RESPONSIBILITIES AND AUTHORITIES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - IN GENERAL › § 306108
Summary
Agency heads who oversee or license a federal or federally assisted project must think about how the project will affect any historic property before they approve federal money or issue a license. They must also give the Council a fair chance to review the project and offer comments.
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Title 54, §306108
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The head of any Federal agency having direct or indirect jurisdiction over a proposed Federal or federally assisted undertaking in any State and the head of any Federal department or independent agency having authority to license any undertaking, prior to the approval of the expenditure of any Federal funds on the undertaking or prior to the issuance of any license, shall take into account the effect of the undertaking on any historic property. The head of the Federal agency shall afford the Council a reasonable opportunity to comment with regard to the undertaking.
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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 30610816 U.S.C. 470f.Pub. L. 89–665, title I, § 106, Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 917; Pub. L. 94–422, title II, § 201(3), Sept. 28, 1976, 90 Stat. 1320. The words “historic property” are substituted for “district, site, building, structure, or object that is included in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register” because of the definition of “historic property” in section 300308 of the new title.
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54 U.S.C. § 306108
Title 54 — National Park Service and Related Programs
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73