I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3223
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 
OCTOBER 1, 2003
Mr. RADANOVICH 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 of 
2003’’.
(b) REFERENCE.—A reference in this Act to ‘‘the 
Act’’ shall be a reference to the National Historic Preser-
vation Act. 
(c) 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’’. 
(d) FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FOR 
THE ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION.—
Section 205(f) of 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.’’. 
(e) DONATION AUTHORITY OF THE ADVISORY COUN-
CIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION.—Section 205(g) of the 
Act (16 U.S.C. 470m(g)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘obtain,’’ and inserting ‘‘solicit 
and obtain,’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘may also receive’’ and inserting 
‘‘may also solicit and receive’’. 
(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. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
such cooperative agreements may include provisions that 
modify the selection criteria for a grant or assistance pro-
gram to further the purposes of this Act or that allow the 
Council to jointly administer a grant or assistance pro-
gram, including participation in the selection of recipients, 
if such 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 the Congress regarding the effectiveness of Fed-
eral grant and assistance programs in meeting the 
purposes and policies of this Act, including rec-
ommendations with regard to appropriate funding 
levels.’’.
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