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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 10553 

To amend title 54, United States Code, to increase amounts deposited in 

the Historic Preservation Fund, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 20, 2024 

Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee 

on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend title 54, United States Code, to increase amounts 

deposited in the Historic Preservation Fund, and for 

other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Historic Preservation 

5 Enhancement Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND 

2 PROVISIONS. 

3 (a) FUNDING.—Section 303102 of title 54, United 

4 States Code, is amended— 

5 (1) by striking ‘‘For each’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) 

6 IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection (b), 

7 for each’’; 

8 (2) by striking ‘‘of fiscal years 2012 to 2023’’ 

9 and inserting ‘‘fiscal year’’; 

10 (3) by striking ‘‘$150,000,000’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘$300,000,000’’; and 

12 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(b) DEPOSITS.—Unless otherwise provided by law, 

14 if the revenues described in subsection (a) are not suffi15 cient to cover the amount to be deposited into each of the 

16 funds such revenues are directed under other Federal 

17 laws, the difference between the shortfall in the revenues 

18 and the amount to be deposited into the Historic Preserva19 tion Fund under subsection (a) shall be deposited from 

20 amounts in the general fund of the Treasury.’’. 

21 (b) USE AND AVAILABILITY.—Section 303103 of title 

22 54, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

23 ‘‘§ 303103. Use and availability 

24 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Any amounts deposited in the 

25 Historic Preservation Fund under section 303102 for fis26 cal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be made 


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1 available for expenditure for fiscal year 2026 and each fis2 cal year thereafter, without further appropriation or fiscal 

3 year limitation, to carry out this division (including pro4 grams made available from the Historic Preservation 

5 Fund). 

6 ‘‘(b) ALLOCATION AUTHORITY.— 

7 ‘‘(1) MINIMUM ALLOCATION FOR STATE AND

8 TRIBAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICES.— 

9 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 

10 other provision of law and subject to subpara11 graph (B), of the amounts made available from 

12 the Fund for each fiscal year under subsection 

13 (a)— 

14 ‘‘(i) not less than 40 percent shall be 

15 allocated to State Historic Preservation 

16 Offices; and 

17 ‘‘(ii) not less than 20 percent shall be 

18 allocated to Tribal Historic Preservation 

19 Offices. 

20 ‘‘(B) ADJUSTMENT.—The annual alloca21 tion to Tribal Historic Preservation Offices 

22 under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be increased 

23 as necessary to reflect any annual increase in 

24 the number of Tribal Historic Preservation Of25 fices. 


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1 ‘‘(2) SUBMISSION OF COST ESTIMATES.—The 

2 President shall submit to Congress proposed alloca3 tions to State Historic Preservation Offices (ex4 pressed as the total amount proposed to be allocated 

5 to all such Offices), Tribal Historic Preservation Of6 fices (expressed as the total amount proposed to be 

7 allocated to all such Offices), grant programs de8 scribed in the item relating to the Historic Preserva9 tion Fund in title I of division G of the Consolidated 

10 Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117–328), 

11 and any other relevant programs (as determined by 

12 the President or a designee of the President), of the 

13 full amount made available under subsection (a)— 

14 ‘‘(A) for fiscal year 2026, not later than 

15 90 days after the date of the enactment of the 

16 Historic Preservation Enhancement Act; and 

17 ‘‘(B) for each fiscal year thereafter, as 

18 part of the annual budget submission of the 

19 President. 

20 ‘‘(3) ALTERNATE ALLOCATION.— 

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Appropriations Acts 

22 may provide for alternate allocation of amounts 

23 made available under subsection (a), including 

24 allocations by program. 

25 ‘‘(B) ALLOCATION BY PRESIDENT.— 


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1 ‘‘(i) NO ALTERNATE ALLOCATIONS.— 

2 If Congress has not enacted legislation es3 tablishing alternate allocations by the date 

4 on which the Act making full-year appro5 priations for the Department of the Inte6 rior, Environment, and Related Agencies 

7 for the applicable fiscal year is enacted 

8 into law, amounts made available under 

9 subsection (a) shall be allocated by the 

10 President. 

11 ‘‘(ii) INSUFFICIENT ALTERNATE AL12 LOCATION.—If Congress enacts legislation 

13 establishing alternate allocations for 

14 amounts made available under subsection 

15 (a) that are less than the full amount ap16 propriated under such subsection, the dif17 ference between the amount appropriated 

18 and the alternate allocation shall be allo19 cated by the President. 

20 ‘‘(4) CONTINUING RESOLUTION.—If the De21 partment of the Interior or the National Park Serv22 ice is operating under a continuing resolution during 

23 any period in a fiscal year, the President may dis24 tribute funds made available under subsection (a) to 

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1 toric Preservation Offices during such period at the 

2 rate of operations provided for such Offices under 

3 such subsection during the immediately preceding 

4 fiscal year. 

5 ‘‘(5) ANNUAL REPORT.—The President shall 

6 submit to Congress an annual report that describes 

7 the final allocation, by program, of amounts made 

8 available under subsection (a).’’. 

9 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION 

10 FUND PROGRAMS. 

11 Subject to the availability of appropriations, amounts 

12 are authorized to be made available from the Historic 

13 Preservation Fund to the following programs: 

14 (1) African American Civil Rights Movement 

15 Initiative & Grants. 

16 (2) History of Equal Rights Grants (formerly 

17 known as ‘‘Civil Rights Grants for All Americans’’). 

18 (3) Survey Grants for Underrepresented Com19 munities. 

20 (4) Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization Grants. 

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