An Act to establish a program for the preservation of additional historic properties throughout the Nation, and for other purposes.
PL 89-665 (S.3035), enacted 10/15/1966

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Public Law 89-665 
A N A C T 
October 15, 1966 
To establish a program for the preservation of additional historic properties 
[S. 3035] 
Historic 
erties. 
Preserva tion 
tab-
throughout the Nation, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
The Congress finds and declares— 
(a) that the spirit and direction of the Nation are founded P^"^^^"" ^^ 
upon and reflected in its historic past; 
(b) that the historical and cultural foundations of the Nation 
should be preserved as a living part of our community life and 
development in order to give a sense of orientation to the Ameri-
can people; 
(c) that, in the face of ever-increasing extensions of urban cen-
ters, highways, and residential, commercial, and industrial devel-
opments, the present governmental and nongovernmental historic 
preservation programs and activities are madequate to insure 
future generations a genuine opportunity to appreciate and enjoy 
the rich heritage of our Nation; and 
(d) that, although the major burdens of historic preservation 
have been borne and major efforts initiated by private agencies 
and individuals, and both should continue to play a vital role, it is 
nevertheless necessarv and appropriate for the Federal Govern-
ment to accelerate its historic preservation programs and activities, 
to give maximum encouragement to agencies and individuals 
undertaking preservation by private means, and to assist State 
and local governments and the National Trust for Historic Pres-
ervation in the United States to expand and accelerate their his-
toric preservation programs and activities. 
TITLE I 
SEC. 101. (a) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized— 
Buildings and 
(1) to expand and maintain a national register of districts, sites, °^Expa^islon' and 
buildings, structures, and objects significant in American history, maintenance o
f 
architecture, archeology, and culture, hereinafter referred to as National Regis-
the National Register, and to grant funds to States for the pur-
pose of preparing comprehensive statewide historic surveys and 
plans, in accordance with criteria established by the Secretary, 
for the preservation, acquisition, and development of such prop-
erties ; 
(2) to establish a program of matching grants-in-aid to States 
for projects having as their purpose the preservation for public 
benefit of properties that are significant in American history, 
architecture, archeology, and culture; and 
(3) to establish a program of matching grant-in-aid to the 
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States, Preservation. 
chartered by act of Congress approved October 26,1949 (63 Stat. 
927), as amended, for the purpose of carrying out the responsibil-
ities of the National Trust. 
(b) As used in this Act— 
(1) The term "State" includes, in addition to the several States 
of the Union, tlie District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa. 
(2) The term "project" means programs of State and local govern-
ments and other public bodies and private organizations and indi-
viduals for the acquisition of title or interests in, and for the develop-
Grants to 
states. 
National Trust 
for Historic 
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468d. 
'State. 
'Proj ect. 
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"Historic 
preservation." 
"Secretary." 
Conditions for 
grants. 
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note. 
Waiver. 
Apportionment. 
Limitation. 
ment of, any district^ site, building, structure, or object that is signifi-
cant in American history, architecture, archeology, and culture, or 
property used in connection therewith, and for its development in order 
to assure the preservation for public benefit of any such historical 
properties. 
(3) The term "historic preservation" includes the protection, reha-
bilitation, restoration, and reconstruction of districts, sites, buildings, 
structures, and objects significant in American history, architecture, 
archeology, or culture. 
(4) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 102. (a) No grant may be made under this Act— 
(1) unless application therefor is submitted to the Secretary in 
accordance with regulations and procedures prescribed by him; 
(2) unless the application is in accordance with the compre-
hensive statewide historic preservation plan which has been ap-
proved by the Secretary after considering its relationship to the 
comprehensive statewide outdoor recreation plan prepared pur-
suant to the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (78 
Stat. 897); 
(3) for more than 50 per centum of the total cost involved, as 
determined by the Secretary and his determination shall be final; 
(4) unless the grantee has agreed to make such reports, in such 
form and containing such information as the Secretary may from 
time to time require; 
(5) unless the grantee has agreed to assume, after completion 
of the project, the total cost of the continued maintenance, repair, 
and administration of the property in a manner satisfactory to 
the Secretary; and 
(6) until the grantee has complied with such further terms and 
conditions as the Secretary may deem necessary or advisable. 
(b) The Secretary may in his discretion waive the requirements of 
subsection (a), paragraphs (2) and (5) of this section for any grant 
under this Act to the National Trust for Historic Preservation in the 
United States, in which case a grant to the National Trust may in-
clude funds for the maintenance, repair, and administration of the 
property in a manner satisfactory to the Secretary. 
(c) No State shall be permitted to utilize the value of real property 
obtained before the date of approval of this Act in meeting the 
remaining cost of a project for which a grant is made under this Act. 
SEC. 103. (a) The amounts appropriated and made available for 
grants to the States for comprehensive statewide historic surveys and 
plans under this Act shall be apportioned amon^ the States by the 
Secretary on the basis of needs as determined by him: Provided^ how-
ever^ That the amount granted to any one State shall not exceed 50 
per centum of the total cost of the comj)rehensive statewide historic 
survey and plan for that State, as determined by the Secretary. 
(b) The amounts appropriated and made available for grants to 
the States for projects under this Act for each fiscal year shall be 
apportioned among the States by the Secretary in accordance with 
needs as disclosed in approved statewide historic preservation plans. 
The Secretary shall notify each State of its apportionment, and the 
amounts thereof shall be available thereafter for payment to such 
State for projects in accordance with the provisions of this Act. 
Any 
amount of any apportionment that has not been paid or obligated by 
the Secretary during the fiscal year in which such notification is given, 
and for two fiscal years thereafter, shall be reapportioned by the 
Secretary iii accordance with this subsection. 
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SEC. 104. (a) No grant may be made by the Secretary for or on 
account of any survey or project under this Act with respect to which 
financial assistance has been given or promised under any other Fed-
eral program or activity, and no financial assistance may be given 
under any other Federal program or activity for or on account of any 
survey or project with respect to which assistance has been given or 
promised under this Act. 
(b) In order to assure consistency in policies and actions under this 
Act with other related Federal programs and activities, and to assure 
coordination of the planning acquisition, and development assistance 
to States under this Act with other related Federal programs^ and 
activities, the President may issue such regulations with respect thereto 
as he deems desirable, and such assistance may be provided only in 
accordance with such regulations. 
SEC. 105. The beneficiary of assistance under this Act shall keep such 
records as the Secretary shall prescribe, including records which fully 
disclose the disposition by the beneficiary of the proceeds of such 
assistance, the total cost of the project or undertaking in connection 
with which such assistance is given or used, and the amount and nature 
of that portion of the cost of the project or undertaking supplied by 
other sources, and such other records as will facilitate an effective 
audit. 
SEC. 106. The head of any Federal agency having direct or indirect 
jurisdiction over a proposed Federal or federally assisted undertak-
ing in any State and the head of any Federal department or independ-
ent agency having authority to license any undertaking shall, prior 
to the approval of the expenditure of any Federal funds on the under-
taking or prior to the issuance of any license, as the case maj be, take 
into account the effect of the undertaking on any district, site, build-
ing, structure, or object that is included in the National Register. The 
head of any such Federal agency shall afford the Advisory Council on 
Historic Preservation established under title I I of this Act a reasona-
ble opportunity to comment with regard to such undertaking. 
SEC. 107. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to be applicable 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. 
SEC. 108, There are authorized to be appropriated not to exceed 
$2,000,000 to carry out the provisions of this Act for the fiscal year 
1967, and not more than $10,000,000 for each of the three succeeding 
fiscal years. Such appropriations shall be available for the financial 
assistance authorized by this title and for the administrative expenses 
of the Secretary in connection therewith, and shall remain available 
until expended. 
TITLE I I 
SEC. 201. (a) There is established an Advisory Council on Historic 
Preservation (hereinafter referred to as the "Council") which shall 
be composed of seventeen members as follows: 
(1) The Secretary of the Interior. 
(2) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 
(3) The Secretary of Commerce. 
(4) The Administrator of the General Services Administration. 
(5) The Secretary of the Treasury. 
(6) The Attorney General. 
(7) The Chairman of the National Trust for Historic Preser-
vation. 
Coordination 
with other Fed-
eral programs. 
Exemptions. 
Appropriation. 
Advisory Coun-
cil on Historic 
Preservation, 
membership. 
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STAT. 
Terms of 
office. 
Chairman, 
selection. 
Duties. 
Report to 
President and 
Congress. 
Other Federal 
agencies, coop-
eration. 
Compensation. 
(8) Ten appointed by the President from outside the Federal 
Government. 
In making these appointments, the President shall 
give due consideration to the selection of officers of State and local 
governments and individuals who are significantly interested and 
experienced in the matters to be considered by the Council. 
(b) Each member of the Council specified in paragraphs (1) 
through (6) of subsection (a) may designate another officer of his 
department or agency to serve on the Council in his stead. 
(c) Each member of the Council appointed under paragraph (8) 
of subsection (a) shall serve for a term of five years from the expira-
tion of his predecessor's term; except that the members first appointed 
under that paragraph shall serve for terms of from one to five years, 
as designated by the President at the time of appointment, in such 
manner as to insure that the terms of not less than one nor more than 
two of them will expire in any one year. 
(d) A vacancy m the Council shall not affect its powers, but shall 
be filled in the same manner as the original appointment (and for the 
balance of the unexpired term). 
(e) The Chairman of the Council shall be designated by the Presi-
dent. 
(f) Eight members of the Council shall constitute a quorum. 
SEC. 202. (a) The Council shall— 
(1) advise the President and the Congress on matters relat-
ing to historic preservation; recommend measures to coordinate 
activities of Federal, State, and local agencies and private institu-
tions and individuals relating to historic preservation; and ad-
vise on the dissemination of information pertaining to such activi-
ties; 
(2) encourage, in cooperation with the National Trust for His-
toric Preservation and appropriate private agencies, public in-
terest and participation in historic preservation; 
(3) recommend the conduct of studies in such areas as the ade-
quacy of legislative and administrative statutes and regulations 
pertaining to historic preservation activities of State and local 
governments and the effects of tax policies at all levels of govern-
ment on historic preservation; 
(4) advise as to guidelines for the assistance of State and local 
governments in drafting legislation relating to historic preserva-
tion ; and 
(5) encourage, in cooperation with appropriate public and pri-
vate agencies and institutions, training and education in the field 
of historic preservation. 
(b) The Council shall submit annually a comprehensive report of 
its activities and the results of its studies to the President and the Con-
gress and shall from time to time submit such additional and special 
reports as it deems advisable. 
Each report shall propose such legis-
lative enactments and other actions as, in the judgment of the Council, 
are necessary and appropriate to carry out its recommendations. 
SEC. 203. The Council is authorized to secure directly from any 
department, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, independent es-
tablishment or instrumentality of the executive branch of the Federal 
Government information, suggestions, estimates, and statistics for the 
purpose of this title; and each such department, bureau, agency, board, 
commission, office, independent establishment or instrumentality is au-
thorized to furnish such information, suggestions, estimates, and sta-
tistics to the extent permitted by law and within available funds. 
SEC. 204. The members of the Council specified in paragraphs (1) 
through (7) of section 201(a) shall serve without additional compen-
Executive 
Director. 
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sation. The members of the Council appointed under paragrapli (8) 
of section 201 (a) shall receive $100 per diem when engaged in the per-
formance of the duties of the Council. All members of the Council 
shall receive reimbursement for necessary traveling and subsistence 
expenses incurred by them in the performance of the duties of the 
Council. 
SEC. 205. (a) The Director of the National Park Service or his 
designee shall be the Executive Director of the Council. 
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, for which 
payments shall be made in advance, or by reimbursement, from funds 
of the Council in such amounts as may be agreed upon by the Chair-
man of the Council and the Secretary of the Interior: Provided^ That 
the regulations of the Department of the Interior for the collection 
of indebtedness of personnel resulting from erroneous payments (5 
U.S.C. 46e) shall apply to the collection of erroneous payments made 
to or on behalf of a Council employee, and regulations of said 'Secre-
tary for the administrative control of funds (31 U.S.C. 665 (g)) shall 
apply to appropriations of the Council: And provided further, That 
the Council shall not be required to prescribe such regulations. 
(b) The Council shall have power to appoint and fix the compensa- 
Personnel. 
tron of such additional personnel as may be necessary to carry out its 
duties, without regard to the provisions of the civil service law^s and 
the Classification Act of 1949. 
^'e, p. 288, 
(c) The Council may also procure, without regard to the civil 
service laws and the Classification Act of 1949, temporary and inter-
mittent services to the same extent as is authorized for the executive 
departments by section 15 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 
(5 U.S.C. 55a), but at rates not to exceed $50 per diem for individuals, 
^o stat. 8 lo. 
(d) The members of the Council specified in paragraphs (1) 
through (6) of section 201(a) shall provide the Council, on a reim-
bursable basis, with such facilities and services under their jurisdic-
tion and control as may be needed by the Council to carry out its 
duties, to the extent that such facilities and services are requested by 
the Council and are otherwise available for that purpose. To the 
extent of available appropriations, the Council may obtain, by pur-
chase, rental, donation, or otherwise, such additional property, facili-
ties, and services as may be needed to carry out its duties. 
Approved October 15, 1966. 
Public Law 89-666 
AN A C T 
October 15, 1966 
To amend the Act of September 13, 1962, authorizing the establishment of the 
TS-1607] 
Point Reyes National Seashore in the State of California, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enaeted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of Na^i'^nli^s^a^ 
September 13,1962 (76 Stat. 538) is hereby amended as follows: 
shore?caUi!' 
(a) Strike subsection (b) of section 2 and substitute therefor: "The i^ use 459c-i. 
area i-eferred to in bubsection (a) shall also include a right-of-way to 
the aforesaid tract in the general vicinity of the northwesterly portion 
of the property known as 'Bear Valley Ranch', to be selected by the 
Secretary, of not more than four hundred feet in width, together with 
such adjoining lands as would be deprived of access by reason of the 
acquisition of such right-of-way." 
(b) In section 8 strike out "$14,000,000" and substitute "$19,135,000". 
Approved October 15, 1966. 
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