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Title 54 — National Park Service and Related ProgramsRelease 119-73not60

§302102 Inclusion of Properties on National Register

Title 54 › Subtitle Subtitle III— National Preservation Programs › Chapter 3021— NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES › § 302102

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

If a place meets the National Historic Landmark criteria under section 302103, it must be named a National Historic Landmark and placed on the National Register under the rules in section 302107. Any place on the National Register on December 12, 1980, is treated as listed from its original listing date. Places listed in the Federal Register on February 6, 1979, or before December 12, 1980, are declared by Congress to be National Historic Landmarks as of their first Federal Register listing. If a Landmark district had no boundaries by December 12, 1980, those boundaries must be published in the Federal Register first.

Full Legal Text

Title 54, §302102

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(a)A property that meets the criteria for National Historic Landmarks established pursuant to section 302103 of this title shall be designated as a National Historic Landmark and included on the National Register, subject to the requirements of section 302107 of this title.
(b)All historic property included on the National Register on December 12, 1980, shall be deemed to be included on the National Register as of their initial listing for purposes of this division.
(c)All historic property listed in the Federal Register of February 6, 1979, or prior to December 12, 1980, as National Historic Landmarks are declared by Congress to be National Historic Landmarks of national historic significance as of their initial listing in the Federal Register for purposes of this division and chapter 3201 of this title, except that in the case of a National Historic Landmark district for which no boundaries had been established as of December 12, 1980, boundaries shall first be published in the Federal Register.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 30210216 U.S.C. 470a(a)(1)(B).Pub. L. 89–665, title I, § 101(a)(1)(B), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 915; Pub. L. 91–383, § 11, as added Pub. L. 94–458, § 2, Oct. 7, 1976, 90 Stat. 1942; Pub. L. 93–54, § 1(d), July 1, 1973, 87 Stat. 139; Pub. L. 96–205, title VI, § 608(a)(1), (2), Mar. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 92; Pub. L. 96–515, title II, § 201(a), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2988; Pub. L. 103–437, § 6(d)(29), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4584; Pub. L. 104–333, div. I, title VIII, § 814(d)(2)(F), Nov. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 4196. In subsection (c), the words “had been established as of December 12, 1980” are substituted for “have been established” for clarity.

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Citation

54 U.S.C. § 302102

Title 54 — National Park Service and Related Programs

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60