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Title 54, National Park Service and Related ProgramsRelease 119-102

§302301 Regulations

Title 54 › Subtitle III — National Preservation Programs › CHAPTER 3023 — STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROGRAMS › § 302301

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must write rules for State Historic Preservation Programs after consulting the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers and the National Trust. A State program sent to the Secretary must be approved if it makes sure the chief elected official picks a State Historic Preservation Officer to run the program and hire professionally qualified staff (see section 302303), if it has an adequate and qualified State historic preservation review board chosen by that Officer unless state law says otherwise, and if it provides for enough public participation, including how people can recommend properties for the National Register.

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Title 54, §302301

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The Secretary, in consultation with the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers and the National Trust, shall promulgate regulations for State Historic Preservation Programs. The regulations shall provide that a State program submitted to the Secretary under this chapter shall be approved by the Secretary if the Secretary determines that the program provides for— (1)
(2)an adequate and qualified State historic preservation review board designated by the State Historic Preservation Officer unless otherwise provided for by State law; and
(3)adequate public participation in the State Historic Preservation Program, including the process of recommending properties for nomination to the National Register.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 30230116 U.S.C. 470a(b)(1).Pub. L. 89–665, title I, § 101(b)(1), 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. 2990. Before paragraph (1), the words “or revise” are omitted as unnecessary. In paragraph (1), the words “chief elected official” are substituted for “Governor” for clarity because the definition of “State” in section 300316 of the new title includes entities in which the chief elected official is not the Governor.

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54 U.S.C. § 302301

Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102