---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 469n"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "469n"
heading: "Preserve America Program"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/469n"
units:
  - "Chapter 1A — Historic Sites, Buildings, Objects, and Antiquities"
  - "Subchapter I — General Provisions"
---

# §469n. Preserve America Program

- (a) **Purpose—** The purpose of this section is to authorize the [Preserve](/usc/16/698u–1.md?p=2) America Program, including—
  - (1) the [Preserve](/usc/16/698u–1.md?p=2) America grant program within the Department of the Interior;
  - (2) the recognition programs administered by the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; and
  - (3) the related efforts of Federal agencies, working in partnership with [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a), tribal, and local governments and the private sector, to support and promote the preservation of historic resources.
- (b) **to (f) Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3272—**

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 111–11, title VII, § 7302, Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1214; Pub. L. 113–287, § 7, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3272.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2014—Subsecs. (b) to (f). Pub. L. 113–287 struck out subsecs. (b) to (f), which related to definitions, establishment of Preserve America Program, designation of Preserve America Communities, regulations, and authorization of appropriations. See sections 311101 to 311105 of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs.