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[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2817 Reported in House (RH)]

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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.

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                    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 Lujan 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]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

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

 

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Historic Preservation 
Amendments Act''.

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND.

    (a) In General.--Section 303102 of title 54, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ``2015'' and inserting ``2023''.
    (b) Federal Nominations.--Section 302104 of such title is amended--
            (1) in subsections (a) and (b) by striking ``subsection 
        (c)'' and inserting ``subsection (d)'';
            (2) by inserting after subsection (b), the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(c) Nomination by Federal Agency.--Subject to the requirements of 
section 302107 of this title, the regulations promulgated under section 
302103 of this title, and appeal under subsection (d) of this section, 
the Secretary may accept a nomination directly by a Federal agency for 
inclusion of property on the National Register only if--
            ``(1) completed nominations are sent to the State Historic 
        Preservation Officer for review and comment regarding the 
        adequacy of the nomination, the significance of the property 
        and its eligibility for the National Register;
            ``(2) within 45 days of receiving the completed nomination, 
        the State Historic Preservation Officer has made a 
        recommendation regarding the nomination to the Federal 
        Preservation Officer, except that failure to meet this deadline 
        shall constitute a recommendation to not support the 
        nomination;
            ``(3) the chief elected officials of the county (or 
        equivalent governmental unit) and municipal political 
        jurisdiction in which the property is located are notified and 
        given 45 days in which to comment;
            ``(4) the Federal Preservation Officer forwards it to the 
        Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places after 
        determining that all procedural requirements have been met, 
        including those in paragraphs (1) through (3) above; the 
        nomination is adequately documented; the nomination is 
        technically and professionally correct and sufficient; and may 
        include an opinion as to whether the property meets the 
        National Register criteria for evaluation;
            ``(5) notice is provided in the Federal Register that the 
        nominated property is being considered for listing on the 
        National Register that includes any comments and the 
        recommendation of the State Historic Preservation Officer and a 
        declaration whether the State Historic Preservation Officer has 
        responded within the 45 day-period of review provided in 
        paragraph (2); and
            ``(6) the Secretary addresses in the Federal Register any 
        comments from the State Historic Preservation Officer that do 
        not support the nomination of the property on the National 
        Register before the property is included in the National 
        Register.''; and
            (3) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d).
    (c) Technical Amendments.--
            (1) Section 303102 of such title is amended by striking 
        ``Contents'' in the heading thereof and inserting ``Funding''.
            (2) The table of sections for chapter 3031 of such title is 
        amended by striking the item relating to section 303102 and 
        inserting the following new item:

``303102. Funding.''.
                                                 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 the authorization of 
           appropriations for the Historic Preservation Fund.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           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
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