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

§305303 Preservation Technology and Training Board

Title 54 › Subtitle III — National Preservation Programs › CHAPTER 3053 — NATIONAL CENTER FOR PRESERVATION TECHNOLOGY AND TRAINING › § 305303

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates a Preservation Technology and Training Board. The board must give leadership, policy advice, and professional oversight to the Center, advise the Secretary on priorities and how to divide grants among the Center’s activities, and send an annual report to the President and Congress. The board includes the Secretary, six members the Secretary appoints to represent federal, state, and local agencies and related public groups, and six members the Secretary appoints for strong professional qualifications from fields like archaeology, architecture, conservation, curation, engineering, history, historic preservation, landscape architecture, planning, or preservation education.

Full Legal Text

Title 54, §305303

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(a)Establishment.—
There is established a Preservation Technology and Training Board.
(b)Duties.—
The Board shall—
(1)provide leadership, policy advice, and professional oversight to the Center;
(2)advise the Secretary on priorities and the allocation of grants among the activities of the Center; and
(3)submit an annual report to the President and Congress.
(c)Membership.—
The Board shall be comprised of— (1)
(2)6 members appointed by the Secretary, who shall represent appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies, State and local historic preservation commissions, and other public and international organizations; and
(3)6 members appointed by the Secretary on the basis of outstanding professional qualifications, who represent major organizations in the fields of archeology, architecture, conservation, curation, engineering, history, historic preservation, landscape architecture, planning, or preservation education.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 30530316 U.S.C. 470x–3.Pub. L. 89–665, title IV, § 404, as added Pub. L. 102–575, title XL, § 4022, Oct. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 4766; Pub. L. 106–208, § 5(a)(14), May 26, 2000, 114 Stat. 319. In subsection (c)(1), the words “or the Secretary’s designee” are omitted as unnecessary because of section 2 of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1950 (5 U.S.C. App., 43 U.S.C. 1451 note).

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Citation

54 U.S.C. § 305303

Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110