§304102 Duties of Council

Summary

The Council must advise the President and Congress about historic preservation. It must recommend ways for Federal, State, and local governments and private groups to work together and share information. It must help boost public interest and work with the National Trust and private groups. It must recommend studies on things like whether laws and rules are enough and how tax policies affect preservation. It must help guide States and local governments in writing preservation laws, promote training and education, review Federal agency programs and suggest better coordination, and tell governments, tribes, other nations, international groups, and private people about its work. The Council must send the President a full report every year and can send extra reports sometimes. Each report must include its activities and study results, suggest laws or actions it thinks are needed, note current and new problems, and evaluate how well Federal, State, local, and private programs are working.