National Historic Preservation Act Amendments Act of 2006
PL 109-453 (S.1378), enacted 12/22/2006

120 STAT. 3367
PUBLIC LAW 109–453—DEC. 22, 2006
Public Law 109–453
109th Congress
An Act
To amend the National Historic Preservation Act to provide appropriation authoriza-
tion and improve the operations of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 2006’’.
(b) REFERENCE.—A reference in this Act to ‘‘the Act’’ shall
be a reference to the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C.
470 et seq.).
(c) HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND.—Section 108 of the Act (16
U.S.C. 470h) is amended by striking ‘‘2005’’ and inserting ‘‘2015’’.
(d) MEMBERSHIP OF ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVA-
TION.—
(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 MEMBER.—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 ‘‘12’’.
(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 payments 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 indebtedness 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 appropria-
tions of the Council. The Council shall not be required to prescribe
such regulations.’’.
Applicability.
National Historic
Preservation Act
Amendments Act
of 2006.
16 USC 470 note.
Dec. 22, 2006
[S. 1378]
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120 STAT. 3368
PUBLIC LAW 109–453—DEC. 22, 2006
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 1378:
SENATE REPORTS: No. 109–235 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 152 (2006):
Sept. 29, considered and passed Senate.
Dec. 8, considered and passed House.
(f) APPROPRIATION AUTHORIZATION OF THE ADVISORY 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 ASSISTANCE PRO-
GRAMS 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 ASSISTANCE PRO-
GRAMS.
‘‘(a) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Council may enter into
a cooperative agreement with any Federal agency that administers
a grant or assistance program for the purpose of improving the
effectiveness of the administration of such program in meeting
the purposes and policies of this Act. Such cooperative agreements
may include provisions 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
PROGRAMS.—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 policies of this Act;
‘‘(2) make recommendations to the head of any Federal
agency that administers such program to further the consist-
ency of the program with the purposes and policies of the
Act and to improve its effectiveness in carrying out those pur-
poses and policies; and
‘‘(3) make recommendations to the President and Congress
regarding the effectiveness of Federal grant and assistance
programs in meeting the purposes and policies of this Act,
including recommendations with regard to appropriate funding
levels.’’.
Approved December 22, 2006.
16 USC 470v–2.
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