Title 54 — National Park Service and Related ProgramsRelease 119-73not60
§306103 Recordation of Historic Property Prior to Alteration or Demolition
Title 54 › Subtitle Subtitle III— National Preservation Programs › Chapter 3061— PROGRAM RESPONSIBILITIES AND AUTHORITIES › Subchapter I— IN GENERAL › § 306103
Summary
Each federal agency must make sure that when a federal project or federal funding will greatly change or demolish a historic place, someone quickly makes proper records of it. Those records must be filed, under section 302107, with the Library of Congress or another suitable agency the Secretary names so they are kept for future use.
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Title 54, §306103
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Each Federal agency shall initiate measures to ensure that where, as a result of Federal action or assistance carried out by the agency, a historic property is to be substantially altered or demolished—
(1)timely steps are taken to make or have made appropriate records; and
(2)the records are deposited, in accordance with section 302107 of this title, in the Library of Congress or with such other appropriate agency as the Secretary may designate, for future use and reference.
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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 30610316 U.S.C. 470h–2(b).Pub. L. 89–665, title I, § 110(b), as added Pub. L. 96–515, title II, § 206, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2996.
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54 U.S.C. § 306103
Title 54 — National Park Service and Related Programs
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
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