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Title 54, National Park Service and Related ProgramsRelease 119-110

§304112 Effectiveness of Federal Grant and Assistance Programs

Title 54 › Subtitle III — National Preservation Programs › CHAPTER 3041 — ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION › § 304112

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Council can make cooperative agreements with federal agencies that run grant or aid programs to help those programs better meet the goals of this division. Those agreements can change how winners are picked or let the Council help choose recipients, as long as the changes do not conflict with the program’s law and purpose. The Council can also review any federal grant or aid program to see how well it meets the division’s goals, give agency heads recommendations to improve consistency and effectiveness, and advise the President and Congress about program performance and appropriate funding.

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Title 54, §304112

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(a)Cooperative Agreements.—
The Council may enter into a cooperative agreement with any Federal agency that administers a grant or assistance program for the purpose of improving the effectiveness of the administration of the program in meeting the purposes and policies of this division. The cooperative agreement may include provisions that modify the selection criteria for a grant or assistance program to further the purposes of this division or that allow the Council to participate in the selection of recipients, if those provisions are not inconsistent with the grant or assistance program’s statutory authorization and purpose.
(b)Review of Grant and Assistance Programs.—
The Council may—
(1)review the operation of any Federal grant or assistance program to evaluate the effectiveness of the program in meeting the purposes and policies of this division;
(2)make recommendations to the head of any Federal agency that administers the program to further the consistency of the program with the purposes and policies of this division and to improve its effectiveness in carrying out those purposes and policies; and
(3)make recommendations to the President and Congress regarding the effectiveness of Federal grant and assistance programs in meeting the purposes and policies of this division, including recommendations with regard to appropriate funding levels.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 30411216 U.S.C. 470v–2.Pub. L. 89–665, title II, § 216, as added Pub. L. 109–453, § 1(g), Dec. 22, 2006, 120 Stat. 3368.

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54 U.S.C. § 304112

Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110