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

§302302 Program Evaluation

Title 54 › Subtitle Subtitle III— National Preservation Programs › Chapter 3023— STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROGRAMS › § 302302

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must review each approved State program at least every 4 years, working with the Council and the State Historic Preservation Officer to see if the program follows the law. If a major part of a program does not follow the law, the Secretary must disapprove it and can suspend contracts or agreements until it is fixed, unless the Secretary believes it will be fixed within a reasonable time. The Secretary will set up oversight rules with State officers to keep quality without creating too much extra work. A State can use its own fiscal audit and management system instead of the Federal one if it meets the same accountability standards and has independent professional peer review. The Secretary may also do periodic fiscal audits and must make sure programs meet the required standards.

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Title 54, §302302

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(a)Periodically, but not less than every 4 years after the approval of any State program under section 302301 of this title, the Secretary, in consultation with the Council on the appropriate provisions of this division, and in cooperation with the State Historic Preservation Officer, shall evaluate the program to determine whether it is consistent with this division.
(b)If, at any time, the Secretary determines that a major aspect of a State program is not consistent with this division, the Secretary shall disapprove the program and suspend in whole or in part any contracts or cooperative agreements with the State and the State Historic Preservation Officer under this division, until the program is consistent with this division, unless the Secretary determines that the program will be made consistent with this division within a reasonable period of time.
(c)The Secretary, in consultation with State Historic Preservation Officers, shall establish oversight methods to ensure State program consistency and quality without imposing undue review burdens on State Historic Preservation Officers.
(d)(1)At the discretion of the Secretary, a State system of fiscal audit and management may be substituted for comparable Federal systems so long as the State system—
(A)establishes and maintains substantially similar accountability standards; and
(B)provides for independent professional peer review.
(2)The Secretary—
(A)may conduct periodic fiscal audits of State programs approved under this subdivision as needed; and
(B)shall ensure that the programs meet applicable accountability standards.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 30230216 U.S.C. 470a(b)(2).Pub. L. 89–665, title I, § 101(b)(2), 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; Pub. L. 102–575, title XL, § 4004(1), Oct. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 4753.

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54 U.S.C. § 302302

Title 54 — National Park Service and Related Programs

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60