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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2448 
To direct the Secretary of Interior to submit to Congress a report on the 
National Park Service’s interpretation and application of the Standards 
for Rehabilitation for use of the Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incen-
tives program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 27, 2025 
Mr. MAGAZINER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Interior to submit to Congress 
a report on the National Park Service’s interpretation 
and application of the Standards for Rehabilitation for 
use of the Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives 
program. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall sub-
mit a report on the Service’s interpretation and applica-
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tion of the Secretary’s Standards for Rehabilitation per-
taining to use of the Program to— 
(1) the Committee on Natural Resources of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources of the Senate. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The report required under sub-
section (a) shall include the following: 
(1) Data on the processing of Program Applica-
tions during the 10 years immediately before the 
date of the enactment of this Act, including— 
(A) the average time a Program Applica-
tion is in the system, from the date it is sub-
mitted to the State Historic Preservation Office 
by the applicant until it is approved or denied 
by the Service, presented by project size, type, 
and parts 1, 2, and 3 of the Program Applica-
tion; and 
(B) the annual average number of— 
(i) hold notices annually; 
(ii) conditions placed on the approval 
under part 2 of the Program Application; 
(iii) denied applications; 
(iv) projects approved under part 2 of 
the Program Application; and 
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(v) Program Applications withdrawn. 
(2) A description of the following: 
(A) Areas of improvement to and rec-
ommendations for the Standards to remove bar-
riers to the development of affordable housing 
while safeguarding Federal historic preserva-
tion. 
(B) Opportunities for the Secretary to up-
date or provide additional guidance to facili-
tate— 
(i) the conversion of nonresidential 
buildings into housing; 
(ii) the remediation of environmental, 
health, and safety hazards; 
(iii) inclusion of energy efficient up-
grades and integration of sustainability 
features; 
(iv) access for persons with disabil-
ities; and 
(v) removal of other barriers to use 
raised by users and beneficiaries of the 
Program. 
(C) The specific steps the Service has 
taken in the 10 years immediately before the 
date of the enactment of this Act to improve or 
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clarify the interpretation of the Standards to 
support affordable housing development. 
(D) The most frequent issues that Pro-
gram users, State reviewers, and other stake-
holders raise when developing affordable hous-
ing projects and the steps the Service has taken 
to address those issues, including details of the 
process of the Service for soliciting, collecting, 
and incorporating feedback on the Service inter-
pretation of the Standards. 
(E) The process that the Service uses to 
decide when to update guidance, including 
guidelines, preservation briefs, bulletins regard-
ing interpretation of the Standards, and tax-in-
centive guidance, for implementing the Stand-
ards and whether resource limitations are af-
fecting the ability of the Service to update such 
guidance. 
(3) Recommendations of the Secretary regard-
ing updates and improvements that can be made to 
the Standards and the implementation by the Serv-
ice of the Standards and accompanying guidelines 
to— 
(A) make the Program more compatible 
with affordable housing needs; 
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(B) ensure historic properties are protected 
from climate risk; and 
(C) take into consideration economic and 
technical feasibility. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ means 
the Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives 
program. 
(2) PROGRAM APPLICATION.—The term ‘‘Pro-
gram Application’’ means the Historic Preservation 
Certification Application. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(4) SERVICE.—The term ‘‘Service’’ means the 
National Park Service. 
(5) 
STANDARDS.—The 
term 
‘‘Standards’’ 
means the Department of the Interior’s Standards 
for Rehabilitation for the Federal Historic Preserva-
tion Tax Incentives program under part 67 of title 
36, Code of Federal Regulations. 
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