§305302 National Center for Preservation Technology and Training

Summary

Creates a National Center for Preservation Technology and Training inside the Department of the Interior. The Center is located at Northwestern State University of Louisiana in Natchitoches, Louisiana. It will develop and share skills and tools for finding, studying, caring for, and explaining historic places; train federal, state, and local preservation workers and others; use research from other agencies; help share preservation technology among governments, universities, international groups, and the private sector; and work with the International Council on Monuments and Sites, the International Center for the Study of Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property, and the International Council on Museums. The Center will do research, give professional training, provide technical help, run public awareness programs, and operate a grants program under section 305304. An Executive Director with preservation experience will lead the Center, appointed by the Secretary with advice from the Board. The Secretary must help the Center get needed staff, equipment, and facilities.