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Title 54 — National Park Service and Related ProgramsRelease 119-73

§307108 Privately donated funds

Title 54 › Subtitle Subtitle III— - National Preservation Programs › Chapter CHAPTER 3071— - MISCELLANEOUS › § 307108

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary may take donated money to pay for projects that buy, restore, protect, or recover information from places on the National Register, if the project is owned by a State, local government, or a nonprofit. When spending the donations, the Secretary must consider national importance, local historical value, how soon it might be lost, and the donor’s wishes. These donations do not have to meet the matching rules in sections 302901 and 302902(b), but recipients may use them to match grants from the Historic Preservation Fund. The Secretary may move unused donated funds to the Service with the donor’s consent, and those funds must be used under this division.

Full Legal Text

Title 54, §307108

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(a)In furtherance of the purposes of this division, the Secretary may accept the donation of funds that may be expended by the Secretary for projects to acquire, restore, preserve, or recover data from any property included on the National Register, as long as the project is owned by a State, any unit of local government, or any nonprofit entity.
(b)(1)In expending the funds, the Secretary shall give due consideration to—
(A)the national significance of the project;
(B)its historical value to the community;
(C)the imminence of its destruction or loss; and
(D)the expressed intentions of the donor.
(2)Funds expended under this subsection shall be made available without regard to the matching requirements established by section 302901 and 302902(b) of this title, but the recipient of the funds shall be permitted to utilize them to match any grants from the Historic Preservation Fund.
(c)The Secretary may transfer unobligated funds previously donated to the Secretary for the purposes of the Service, with the consent of the donor, and any funds so transferred shall be used or expended in accordance with this division.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 30710816 U.S.C. 470h–1.Pub. L. 89–665, title I, § 109, as added Pub. L. 96–244, § 1, May 19, 1980, 94 Stat. 346. In subsection (a), the word “included” is substituted for “listed” for consistency in the revised subtitle.

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54 U.S.C. § 307108

Title 54 — National Park Service and Related Programs

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73