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Union Calendar No. 576 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2817 

[Report No. 114–740] 

To amend title 54, United States Code, to extend the authorization of 

appropriations for the Historic Preservation Fund. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 17, 2015 

Mr. TURNER (for himself, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. GRIJALVA, 

Mr. GIBSON, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. KATKO, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. FITZPATRICK, and Mr. CLYBURN) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016 

Additional sponsors: Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Ms. 

MCCOLLUM, Mr. WELCH, Mr. SIMPSON, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. GRAVES of 

Louisiana, Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. POCAN, Mr. PRICE of North 

Carolina, Mr. COOK, Mr. ZINKE, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. 

WESTERMAN, Mrs. BEATTY, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. COSTA, Mr. NEWHOUSE, 

Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. CURBELO of Florida, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. 

ASHFORD, Mr. HILL, Mr. RANGEL, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. RENACCI, Mr. 

RICHMOND, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. HECK of Washington, Ms. DELBENE, 

Mr. TONKO, Ms. EDWARDS, Mr. DELANEY, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. 

LOWENTHAL, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. WALZ, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. HECK of Nevada, 

Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. DONOVAN, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. MICHELLE

LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, Mr. CARNEY, Mr. BEN RAY LUJA ́N of 

New Mexico, and Mr. MCKINLEY

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 17, 2015] 


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A BILL 

To amend title 54, United States Code, to extend the authorization of appropriations for the Historic Preservation 

Fund. 


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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 ‘‘National Historic Pres5 ervation Amendments Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVA7 TION FUND. 

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

9 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘2015’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘2023’’. 

11 (b) FEDERAL NOMINATIONS.—Section 302104 of such 

12 title is amended— 

13 (1) in subsections (a) and (b) by striking ‘‘sub14 section (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (d)’’; 

15 (2) by inserting after subsection (b), the fol16 lowing new subsection: 

17 ‘‘(c) NOMINATION BY FEDERAL AGENCY.—Subject to 

18 the requirements of section 302107 of this title, the regula19 tions promulgated under section 302103 of this title, and 

20 appeal under subsection (d) of this section, the Secretary 

21 may accept a nomination directly by a Federal agency for 

22 inclusion of property on the National Register only if— 

23 ‘‘(1) completed nominations are sent to the State 

24 Historic Preservation Officer for review and comment 

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1 cance of the property and its eligibility for the Na2 tional Register; 

3 ‘‘(2) within 45 days of receiving the completed 

4 nomination, the State Historic Preservation Officer 

5 has made a recommendation regarding the nomina6 tion to the Federal Preservation Officer, except that 

7 failure to meet this deadline shall constitute a rec8 ommendation to not support the nomination; 

9 ‘‘(3) the chief elected officials of the county (or 

10 equivalent governmental unit) and municipal polit11 ical jurisdiction in which the property is located are 

12 notified and given 45 days in which to comment; 

13 ‘‘(4) the Federal Preservation Officer forwards it 

14 to the Keeper of the National Register of Historic 

15 Places after determining that all procedural require16 ments have been met, including those in paragraphs 

17 (1) through (3) above; the nomination is adequately 

18 documented; the nomination is technically and profes19 sionally correct and sufficient; and may include an 

20 opinion as to whether the property meets the National 

21 Register criteria for evaluation; 

22 ‘‘(5) notice is provided in the Federal Register 

23 that the nominated property is being considered for 

24 listing on the National Register that includes any 

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1 toric Preservation Officer and a declaration whether 

2 the State Historic Preservation Officer has responded 

3 within the 45 day-period of review provided in para4 graph (2); and 

5 ‘‘(6) the Secretary addresses in the Federal Reg6 ister any comments from the State Historic Preserva7 tion Officer that do not support the nomination of the 

8 property on the National Register before the property 

9 is included in the National Register.’’; and 

10 (3) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection 

11 (d). 

12 (c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.— 

13 (1) Section 303102 of such title is amended by 

14 striking ‘‘Contents’’ in the heading thereof and in15 serting ‘‘Funding’’. 

16 (2) The table of sections for chapter 3031 of such 

17 title is amended by striking the item relating to sec18 tion 303102 and inserting the following new item: 

‘‘303102. Funding.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 576 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2817 

[Report No. 114–740] 

A BILL 

To amend title 54, United States Code, to extend 

toric Preservation Fund. the authorization of appropriations for the HisSEPTEMBER 12, 2016 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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