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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3446 
To amend the National Historic Preservation Act to provide appropriation 
authorization and improve the operations of the Advisory Council on 
Historic Preservation. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 26, 2005 
Mr. RAHALL (for himself and Mrs. CHRISTENSEN) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the National Historic Preservation Act to provide 
appropriation authorization and improve the operations 
of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT 
AMENDMENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘National Historic Preservation Act Amendments Act of 
2005’’.
(b) REFERENCE.—A reference in this Act to ‘‘the 
Act’’ shall be a reference to the National Historic Preser-
vation Act. 
(c) HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND.—Section 108 of 
the Act (16 U.S.C. 470h) is amended by striking ‘‘2005’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2011’’. 
(d) MEMBERSHIP OF ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HIS-
TORIC PRESERVATION.— 
(1) ADDITIONAL MEMBERS.—Section 201(a)(4) 
of the Act (16 U.S.C. 470i(a)(4)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘four’’ and inserting ‘‘seven’’. 
(2) ALLOWING DESIGNEE FOR GOVERNOR MEM-
BER.—Section 201(b) of the Act (16 U.S.C. 470i(b)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘(5) and’’. 
(3) QUORUM.—Section 201(f) of the Act (16 
U.S.C. 470i(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘Nine’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Eleven’’. 
(e) FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FOR 
THE ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION.— 
Section 205(f) of the Act (16 U.S.C. 470m(f)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(f) Financial and administrative services (including 
those related to budgeting, accounting, financial reporting, 
personnel and procurement) shall be provided the Council 
by the Department of the Interior or, at the discretion
of the Council, such other agency or private entity that 
reaches an agreement with the Council, for which pay-
ments shall be made in advance or by reimbursement from 
funds of the Council in such amounts as may be agreed 
upon by the Chairman of the Council and the head of the 
agency or, in the case of a private entity, the authorized 
representative of the private entity that will provide the 
services. When a Federal agency affords such services, the 
regulations of that agency for the collection of indebted-
ness of personnel resulting from erroneous payments (5 
U.S.C. 5514(b)) shall apply to the collection of erroneous 
payments made to or on behalf of a Council employee and 
regulations of that agency for the administrative control 
of funds (31 U.S.C. 1513(d), 1514) shall apply to appro-
priations of the Council. The Council shall not be required 
to prescribe such regulations.’’. 
(f) APPROPRIATION AUTHORIZATION OF THE ADVI-
SORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION.—Section 
212(a) of the Act (16 U.S.C. 470t(a)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘for purposes of this title not to exceed 
$4,000,000 for each fiscal year 1997 through 2005’’ and 
inserting ‘‘such amounts as may be necessary to carry out 
this title’’. 
(g) EFFECTIVENESS OF FEDERAL GRANT AND AS-
SISTANCE PROGRAMS IN MEETING THE PURPOSES AND
POLICIES OF THE NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION 
ACT.—Title II of the Act is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 216. EFFECTIVENESS OF FEDERAL GRANT AND AS-
SISTANCE PROGRAMS. 
‘‘(a) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Council may 
enter into a cooperative agreement with any Federal agen-
cy that administers a grant or assistance program for the 
purpose of improving the effectiveness of the administra-
tion of such program in meeting the purposes and policies 
of this Act. Such cooperative agreements may include pro-
visions that modify the selection criteria for a grant or 
assistance program to further the purposes of this Act or 
that allow the Council to participate in the selection of 
recipients, if such provisions are not inconsistent with the 
grant or assistance program’s statutory authorization and 
purpose. 
‘‘(b) REVIEW
OF GRANT
AND ASSISTANCE PRO-
GRAMS.—The Council may— 
‘‘(1) review the operation of any Federal grant 
or assistance program to evaluate the effectiveness 
of such program in meeting the purposes and poli-
cies of this Act; 
‘‘(2) make recommendations to the head of any 
Federal agency that administers such program to
further the consistency of the program with the pur-
poses and policies of the Act and to improve its ef-
fectiveness in carrying out those purposes and poli-
cies; and 
‘‘(3) make recommendations to the President 
and Congress regarding the effectiveness of Federal 
grant and assistance programs in meeting the pur-
poses and policies of this Act, including rec-
ommendations with regard to appropriate funding 
levels.’’. 
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