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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5645 

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

the Historic Preservation Fund, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 20 (legislative day, DECEMBER 16), 2024 

Mr. HEINRICH introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

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’’. 

6 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND 

7 PROVISIONS. 

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

9 States Code, is amended— 


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

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

3 for each’’; 

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

5 and inserting ‘‘fiscal year’’; 

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

7 ‘‘$300,000,000’’; and 

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

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

10 if the revenues described in subsection (a) are not suffi11 cient to cover the amount to be deposited into each of the 

12 funds such revenues are directed under other Federal 

13 laws, the difference between the shortfall in the revenues 

14 and the amount to be deposited into the Historic Preserva15 tion Fund under subsection (a) shall be deposited from 

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

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

18 54, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

19 ‘‘§ 303103. Use and availability 

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

21 Historic Preservation Fund under section 303102 for fis22 cal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be made 

23 available for expenditure for fiscal year 2026 and each fis24 cal year thereafter, without further appropriation or fiscal 

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1 grams made available from the Historic Preservation 

2 Fund). 

3 ‘‘(b) ALLOCATION AUTHORITY.— 

4 ‘‘(1) MINIMUM ALLOCATION FOR STATE AND

5 TRIBAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICES.— 

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

7 other provision of law and subject to subpara8 graph (B), of the amounts made available from 

9 the Fund for each fiscal year under subsection 

10 (a)— 

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

12 allocated to State Historic Preservation 

13 Offices; and 

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

15 allocated to Tribal Historic Preservation 

16 Offices. 

17 ‘‘(B) ADJUSTMENT.—The annual alloca18 tion to Tribal Historic Preservation Offices 

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

20 as necessary to reflect any annual increase in 

21 the number of Tribal Historic Preservation Of22 fices. 

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

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1 pressed as the total amount proposed to be allocated 

2 to all such Offices), Tribal Historic Preservation Of3 fices (expressed as the total amount proposed to be 

4 allocated to all such Offices), grant programs de5 scribed in the item relating to the Historic Preserva6 tion Fund in title I of division G of the Consolidated 

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

8 and any other relevant programs (as determined by 

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

10 full amount made available under subsection (a)— 

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

12 90 days after the date of the enactment of the 

13 Historic Preservation Enhancement Act; and 

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

15 part of the annual budget submission of the 

16 President. 

17 ‘‘(3) ALTERNATE ALLOCATION.— 

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

19 may provide for alternate allocation of amounts 

20 made available under subsection (a), including 

21 allocations by program. 

22 ‘‘(B) ALLOCATION BY PRESIDENT.— 

23 ‘‘(i) NO ALTERNATE ALLOCATIONS.— 

24 If Congress has not enacted legislation es25 tablishing alternate allocations by the date 


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1 on which the Act making full-year appro2 priations for the Department of the Inte3 rior, Environment, and Related Agencies 

4 for the applicable fiscal year is enacted 

5 into law, amounts made available under 

6 subsection (a) shall be allocated by the 

7 President. 

8 ‘‘(ii) INSUFFICIENT ALTERNATE AL9 LOCATION.—If Congress enacts legislation 

10 establishing alternate allocations for 

11 amounts made available under subsection 

12 (a) that are less than the full amount ap13 propriated under such subsection, the dif14 ference between the amount appropriated 

15 and the alternate allocation shall be allo16 cated by the President. 

17 ‘‘(4) CONTINUING RESOLUTION.—If the De18 partment of the Interior or the National Park Serv19 ice is operating under a continuing resolution during 

20 any period in a fiscal year, the President may dis21 tribute funds made available under subsection (a) to 

22 State Historic Preservation Offices and Tribal His23 toric Preservation Offices during such period at the 

24 rate of operations provided for such Offices under 


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1 such subsection during the immediately preceding 

2 fiscal year. 

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

4 submit to Congress an annual report that describes 

5 the final allocation, by program, of amounts made 

6 available under subsection (a).’’. 

7 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION 

8 FUND PROGRAMS. 

9 Subject to the availability of appropriations, amounts 

10 are authorized to be made available from the Historic 

11 Preservation Fund to the following programs: 

12 (1) African American Civil Rights Movement 

13 Initiative & Grants. 

14 (2) History of Equal Rights Grants (formerly 

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

16 (3) Survey Grants for Underrepresented Com17 munities. 

18 (4) Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization Grants. 

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