Title 54, National Park Service and Related ProgramsRelease 119-102
§300315 Preservation or Historic Preservation
Title 54 › Subtitle III — National Preservation Programs › CHAPTER 3003 — DEFINITIONS › § 300315
Summary
Preservation or historic preservation covers the work used to find, study, record, acquire, protect, manage, repair, keep up, explain, and conserve historic places and things. It also covers teaching and training about those tasks, and any mix of them.
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Title 54, §300315
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In this division, the term “preservation” or “historic preservation” includes—
(1)identification, evaluation, recordation, documentation, curation, acquisition, protection, management, rehabilitation, restoration, stabilization, maintenance, research, interpretation, and conservation;
(2)education and training regarding the foregoing activities; or
(3)any combination of the foregoing activities.
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 30031516 U.S.C. 470w(8).Pub. L. 89–665, title III, § 301(8), as added Pub. L. 96–515, title V, § 501, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 3001; Pub. L. 102–575, title XL, § 4019(a)(6), Oct. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 4764.
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Citation
54 U.S.C. § 300315
Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102