Title 54 — National Park Service and Related ProgramsRelease 119-73not60
§308102 Preservation Assistance
Title 54 › Subtitle Subtitle III— National Preservation Programs › Chapter 3081— AMERICAN BATTLEFIELD PROTECTION PROGRAM › § 308102
Summary
The Secretary must use the national preservation program, when possible, to help partners identify, study, and protect historic battlefields and related sites. $3,000,000 per fiscal year is authorized to fund grants, contracts, or agreements, available until expended.
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Title 54, §308102
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(a)Using the established national historic preservation program to the extent practicable, the Secretary shall encourage, support, assist, recognize, and work in partnership with citizens, Federal agencies, States, Tribes, local governments, other public entities, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations in identifying, researching, evaluating, interpreting, and protecting historic battlefields and associated sites on a national, State, and local level.
(b)To carry out subsection (a), the Secretary may use a cooperative agreement, grant, contract, or other generally adopted means of providing financial assistance.
(c)There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $3,000,000 for each fiscal year, to remain available until expended.
Legislative History
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 30810216 U.S.C. 469k–1(b).Pub. L. 111–11, title VII, subtitle D, § 7301(b), Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1213.
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Amendments
2025—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 118–234 substituted “Federal agencies, States, Tribes, local governments, other public entities, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations” for “Federal, State, local, and tribal governments, other public entities, educational institutions, and private nonprofit organizations”.
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54 U.S.C. § 308102
Title 54 — National Park Service and Related Programs
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60