# Public Law 91-243

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An Act To amend the Act of October 15, 1966 (80 Stat. 915), establishing a program for the preservation of additional historic properties throughout the Nation, and for other purposes.
​Public Law 91-243
AN ACT
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Historic properties preservation program, extension. 16 USC 470h.That the Act of October 15, 1966 (80 Stat. 915; 16 U.S.C. 470) is amended as follows:
(a) Section 108 is amended by deleting the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “There are authorized to be appropriated not more than $7,000,000 to carry out the provisions of this title for fiscal year 1971, $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1972, and $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1973.”.
(b) Advisory Council, membership increase. 16 USC 470i.Section 201(a) is amended by—
    (1) striking out “seventeen” and inserting “twenty”;
    (2) inserting after paragraph (6) the following:
    “(7) The Secretary of Agriculture
    “(8) The Secretary of Transportation
    “(9) The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; and”
    (3) redesignating paragraphs “(7)” and “(8)” as “(10)” and “(11)”, respectively.
(c) Section 201(b) is amended by striking out “(6)” and inserting “(10)”.
(d) Section 201(c) is amended by striking out “(8)” and inserting “(11)”.
(e) Section 201(f) is amended by striking out “Eight” and inserting “Eleven”.
(f) 16 USC 470l.Section 204 is amended by striking out “(7)” in the first sentence and inserting “(10)”, and by striking out “(8)” in the second sentence and inserting “(11)”.
(g) 16 USC 470m.Section 205(d) is amended by striking out “(6)” in the first sentence and inserting “(9)”.
Sec. 2. International study centre. U.S. participation.The following new section is added to the Act of October 15, 1966, supra:
“Sec. 206. (a) The participation of the United States as a member in the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property is hereby authorized.
“(b) The Council shall recommend to the Secretary of State, after consultation with the Smithsonian Institution and other public and private organizations concerned with the technical problems of preservation, the members of the official delegation which will participate in the activities of the Centre on behalf of the United States. The Secretary of State shall appoint the members of the official delegation from the persons recommended to him by the Council.
“(c) Appropriation.For the purposes of this section, there are authorized to be appropriated not more than $100,000 annually for fiscal year 1971 and for each of the two succeeding fiscal years.”
Approved May 9, 1970.
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