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(A) conduct excavations and analyses that meet stand-
ards for federally-sponsored excavations established by the 
Secretary; 
(B) donate or lend artifacts of research significance to 
an appropriate research institution; 
(C) allow access to artifacts for research purposes; and 
(D) prior to excavating or disposing of a Native American 
cultural item in which an Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization may have an interest under subparagraph 
(B) or (C) of section 3(a)(2) of the Native American Graves 
Protection and Repatriation Act (25 U.S.C. 3002(a)(2)(B), 
(C)), give notice to and consult with the Indian tribe or 
Native Hawaiian organization. 
Subdivision 6—Miscellaneous 
Chapter 3071—Miscellaneous 
Sec. 
307101.
World Heritage Convention. 
307102.
Effective date of regulations. 
307103.
Access to information. 
307104.
Inapplicability of division to White House, Supreme Court building, or 
United States Capitol. 
307105.
Attorney’s fees and costs to prevailing parties in civil actions. 
307106.
Authorization for expenditure of appropriated funds. 
307107.
Donations and bequests of money, personal property, and less than fee in-
terests in historic property. 
307108.
Privately donated funds. 
§ 307101. World Heritage Convention 
(a) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY.—In carrying out this section, the 
Secretary of the Interior may act directly or through an appropriate 
officer in the Department of the Interior. 
(b) PARTICIPATION BY UNITED STATES.—The Secretary shall direct 
and coordinate participation by the United States in the World 
Heritage Convention in cooperation with the Secretary of State, 
the Smithsonian Institution, and the Council. Whenever possible, 
expenditures incurred in carrying out activities in cooperation with 
other nations and international organizations shall be paid for 
in such excess currency of the country or area where the expense 
is incurred as may be available to the United States. 
(c) NOMINATION OF PROPERTY TO WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE.— 
The Secretary shall periodically nominate property that the Sec-
retary determines is of international significance to the World Herit-
age Committee on behalf of the United States. No property may 
be nominated unless it has previously been determined to be of 
national significance. Each nomination shall include evidence of 
such legal protections as may be necessary to ensure preservation 
of the property and its environment (including restrictive covenants, 
easements, or other forms of protection). Before making any nomina-
tion, the Secretary shall notify the Committee on Natural Resources 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources of the Senate. 
(d) NOMINATION OF NON-FEDERAL PROPERTY TO WORLD HERITAGE 
COMMITTEE REQUIRES WRITTEN CONCURRENCE OF OWNER.—No non- 
Federal property may be nominated by the Secretary to the World 
Heritage Committee for inclusion on the World Heritage List unless 
the owner of the property concurs in the nomination in writing.
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(e) CONSIDERATION OF UNDERTAKING ON PROPERTY.—Prior to the 
approval of any undertaking outside the United States that may 
directly and adversely affect a property that is on the World Herit-
age List or on the applicable country’s equivalent of the National 
Register, the head of a Federal agency having direct or indirect 
jurisdiction over the undertaking shall take into account the effect 
of the undertaking on the property for purposes of avoiding or 
mitigating any adverse effect. 
§ 307102. Effective date of regulations 
(a) PUBLICATION IN FEDERAL REGISTER.—No final regulation of 
the Secretary shall become effective prior to the expiration of 30 
calendar days after it is published in the Federal Register during 
which either or both Houses of Congress are in session. 
(b) DISAPPROVAL OF REGULATION BY RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS.— 
The regulation shall not become effective if, within 90 calendar 
days of continuous session of Congress after the date of promulga-
tion, both Houses of Congress adopt a concurrent resolution, the 
matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows: ‘‘That 
Congress disapproves the regulation promulgated by the Secretary 
dealing with the matter of 
, which regulation was trans-
mitted to Congress on 
, ’’ the blank spaces in the resolution 
being appropriately filled. 
(c) FAILURE OF CONGRESS TO ADOPT RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL 
OF REGULATION.—If at the end of 60 calendar days of continuous 
session of Congress after the date of promulgation of a regulation, 
no committee of either House of Congress has reported or been 
discharged from further consideration of a concurrent resolution 
disapproving the regulation, and neither House has adopted such 
a resolution, the regulation may go into effect immediately. If, 
within the 60 calendar days, a committee has reported or been 
discharged from further consideration of such a resolution, the 
regulation may go into effect not sooner than 90 calendar days 
of continuous session of Congress after its promulgation unless 
disapproved as provided for. 
(d) SESSIONS OF CONGRESS.—For purposes of this section— 
(1) continuity of session is broken only by an adjournment 
sine die; and 
(2) the days on which either House is not in session because 
of an adjournment of more than 3 days to a day certain are 
excluded in the computation of 60 and 90 calendar days of 
continuous session of Congress. 
(e) CONGRESSIONAL INACTION OR REJECTION OF RESOLUTION OF 
DISAPPROVAL NOT DEEMED APPROVAL OF REGULATION.—Congres-
sional inaction on or rejection of a resolution of disapproval shall 
not be deemed an expression of approval of the regulation. 
§ 307103. Access to information 
(a) AUTHORITY TO WITHHOLD FROM DISCLOSURE.—The head of 
a Federal agency, or other public official receiving grant assistance 
pursuant to this division, after consultation with the Secretary, 
shall withhold from disclosure to the public information about the 
location, character, or ownership of a historic property if the Sec-
retary and the agency determine that disclosure may— 
(1) cause a significant invasion of privacy; 
(2) risk harm to the historic property; or
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(3) impede the use of a traditional religious site by practi-
tioners. 
(b) ACCESS DETERMINATION.—When the head of a Federal agency 
or other public official determines that information should be with-
held from the public pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary, 
in consultation with the Federal agency head or official, shall deter-
mine who may have access to the information for the purpose 
of carrying out this division. 
(c) CONSULTATION WITH COUNCIL.—When information described 
in subsection (a) has been developed in the course of an agency’s 
compliance with section 306107 or 306108 of this title, the Secretary 
shall consult with the Council in reaching determinations under 
subsections (a) and (b). 
§ 307104. Inapplicability of division to White House, Supreme 
Court building, or United States Capitol 
Nothing in this division applies to the White House and its 
grounds, the Supreme Court building and its grounds, or the United 
States Capitol and its related buildings and grounds. 
§ 307105. Attorney’s fees and costs to prevailing parties in 
civil actions 
In any civil action brought in any United States district court 
by any interested person to enforce this division, if the person 
substantially prevails in the action, the court may award attorney’s 
fees, expert witness fees, and other costs of participating in the 
civil action, as the court considers reasonable. 
§ 307106. Authorization for expenditure of appropriated 
funds 
Where appropriate, each Federal agency may expend funds appro-
priated for its authorized programs for the purposes of activities 
carried out pursuant to this division, except to the extent that 
appropriations legislation expressly provides otherwise. 
§ 307107. Donations and bequests of money, personal prop-
erty, and less than fee interests in historic prop-
erty 
(a) MONEY AND PERSONAL PROPERTY.—The Secretary may accept 
donations and bequests of money and personal property for the 
purposes of this division and shall hold, use, expend, and administer 
the money and personal property for those purposes. 
(b) LESS THAN FEE INTEREST IN HISTORIC PROPERTY.—The Sec-
retary may accept gifts or donations of less than fee interests 
in any historic property where the acceptance of an interest will 
facilitate the conservation or preservation of the historic property. 
Nothing in this section or in any provision of this division shall 
be construed to affect or impair any other authority of the Secretary 
under other provision of law to accept or acquire any property 
for conservation or preservation or for any other purpose. 
§ 307108. Privately donated funds 
(a) PROJECTS FOR WHICH FUNDS MAY BE USED.—In furtherance 
of the purposes of this division, the Secretary may accept the 
donation of funds that may be expended by the Secretary for projects 
to acquire, restore, preserve, or recover data from any property
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included on the National Register, as long as the project is owned 
by a State, any unit of local government, or any nonprofit entity. 
(b) CONSIDERATION
OF FACTORS RESPECTING EXPENDITURE
OF 
FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In expending the funds, the Secretary shall 
give due consideration to— 
(A) the national significance of the project; 
(B) its historical value to the community; 
(C) the imminence of its destruction or loss; and 
(D) the expressed intentions of the donor. 
(2) FUNDS
AVAILABLE
WITHOUT
REGARD
TO
MATCHING 
REQUIREMENTS.—Funds expended under this subsection shall 
be made available without regard to the matching requirements 
established by sections 302901 and 302902(b) of this title, but 
the recipient of the funds shall be permitted to utilize them 
to match any grants from the Historic Preservation Fund. 
(c) TRANSFER
OF
UNOBLIGATED
FUNDS.—The Secretary may 
transfer unobligated funds previously donated to the Secretary for 
the purposes of the Service, with the consent of the donor, and 
any funds so transferred shall be used or expended in accordance 
with this division. 
Division B—Organizations and Programs 
Subdivision 1—Administered by National 
Park Service 
Chapter 3081—American Battlefield 
Protection Program 
Sec. 
308101.
Definition. 
308102.
Preservation assistance. 
308103.
Battlefield acquisition grant program. 
§ 308101. Definition 
In this chapter, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary, acting 
through the American Battlefield Protection Program. 
§ 308102. Preservation assistance 
(a) IN
GENERAL.—Using the established national historic 
preservation program to the extent practicable, the Secretary shall 
encourage, support, assist, recognize, and work in partnership with 
citizens, Federal, State, local, and tribal governments, other public 
entities, educational institutions, and private nonprofit organiza-
tions in identifying, researching, evaluating, interpreting, and pro-
tecting historic battlefields and associated sites on a national, State, 
and local level. 
(b) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—To carry out subsection (a), the Sec-
retary may use a cooperative agreement, grant, contract, or other 
generally adopted means of providing financial assistance. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized to 
be appropriated to carry out this section $3,000,000 for each fiscal 
year, to remain available until expended.