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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 10116 

To direct the Secretary of Interior to submit to Congress a report on the 

National Park Service’s interpretation and application of the Standards 

for Rehabilitation for use of the Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives program. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 12, 2024 

Mr. MAGAZINER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Ways and Means 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Interior to submit to Congress 

a report on the National Park Service’s interpretation 

and application of the Standards for Rehabilitation for 

use of the Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives 

program. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. REPORT. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 

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1 tion of the Secretary’s Standards for Rehabilitation per2 taining to use of the Program to— 

3 (1) the Committee on Natural Resources of the 

4 House of Representatives; and 

5 (2) the Committee on Energy and Natural Re6 sources of the Senate. 

7 (b) CONTENTS.—The report required under sub8 section (a) shall include the following: 

9 (1) Data on the processing of Program Applica10 tions during the 10 years immediately before the 

11 date of the enactment of this Act, including— 

12 (A) the average time a Program Applica13 tion is in the system, from the date it is sub14 mitted to the State Historic Preservation Office 

15 by the applicant until it is approved or denied 

16 by the Service, presented by project size, type, 

17 and parts 1, 2, and 3 of the Program Applica18 tion; 

19 (B) the annual average number of— 

20 (i) hold notices annually; 

21 (ii) conditions placed on the approval 

22 under part 2 of the Program Application; 

23 (iii) denied applications; 

24 (iv) projects approved under part 2 of 

25 the Program Application; and 


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1 (v) Program Applications withdrawn. 

2 (2) A description of the following: 

3 (A) Areas of improvement to and rec4 ommendations for the Standards to remove bar5 riers to the development of affordable housing 

6 while safeguarding Federal historic preserva7 tion. 

8 (B) Opportunities for the Secretary to up9 date or provide additional guidance to facili10 tate— 

11 (i) the conversion of nonresidential 

12 buildings into housing; 

13 (ii) the remediation of environmental, 

14 health, and safety hazards; 

15 (iii) inclusion of energy efficient up16 grades and integration of sustainability 

17 features; 

18 (iv) access for persons with disabil19 ities; and 

20 (v) removal of other barriers to use 

21 raised by users and beneficiaries of the 

22 Program. 

23 (C) The specific steps the Service has 

24 taken in the 10 years immediately before the 

25 date of the enactment of this Act to improve or 


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1 clarify the interpretation of the Standards to 

2 support affordable housing development. 

3 (D) The most frequent issues that Pro4 gram users, State reviewers, and other stake5 holders raise when developing affordable hous6 ing projects and the steps the Service has taken 

7 to address those issues, including details of the 

8 process of the Service for soliciting, collecting, 

9 and incorporating feedback on the Service inter10 pretation of the Standards. 

11 (E) The process that the Service uses to 

12 decide when to update guidance, including 

13 guidelines, preservation briefs, bulletins regard14 ing interpretation of the Standards, and tax-in15 centive guidance, for implementing the Stand16 ards and whether resource limitations are af17 fecting the ability of the Service to update such 

18 guidance. 

19 (3) Recommendations of the Secretary regard20 ing updates and improvements that can be made to 

21 the Standards and the implementation by the Serv22 ice of the Standards and accompanying guidelines 

23 to— 

24 (A) make the Program more compatible 

25 with affordable housing needs; 


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1 (B) ensure historic properties are protected 

2 from climate risk; and 

3 (C) take into consideration economic and 

4 technical feasibility. 

5 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

6 (1) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ means 

7 the Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives 

8 program. 

9 (2) PROGRAM APPLICATION.—The term ‘‘Pro10 gram Application’’ means the Historic Preservation 

11 Certification Application. 

12 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

13 the Secretary of the Interior. 

14 (4) SERVICE.—The term ‘‘Service’’ means the 

15 National Park Service. 

16 (5) STANDARDS.—The term ‘‘Standards’’ 

17 means the Department of the Interior’s Standards 

18 for Rehabilitation for the Federal Historic Preserva19 tion Tax Incentives program under part 67 of title 

20 36, Code of Federal Regulations. 

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