--- kind: "section" citation: "42 U.S.C. § 5320" title: "42" title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare" number: "5320" heading: "Historic preservation requirements" release: "119-102" date: "2026-07-12" url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/5320" units: - "Chapter 69 — Community Development" --- # §5320. Historic preservation requirements - (a) **Regulations—** With respect to applications for assistance under [section 5318](/usc/42/5318.md)[^1] of this title, the [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) of the Interior, after consulting with the [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2), shall prescribe and implement regulations concerning [projects](/usc/42/13641.md?p=2) funded under [section 5318](/usc/42/5318.md)[^1] of this title and their relationship with division A of subtitle III and chapter 3125 of title 54. - (b) **Actions by State historic preservation officer and Secretary of the Interior—** In prescribing and implementing such regulations with respect to applications submitted under [section 5318 of this title](/usc/42/5318.md) which identify any property pursuant to [subsection (c)(4)(B)](/usc/42/5318.md) of such section, the [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) of the Interior shall provide at least that— - (1) the appropriate [State](/usc/42/2021b.md?p=14) historic preservation officer (as determined in accordance with regulations prescribed by the [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) of the Interior) shall, not later than 45 days after receiving information from the applicant relating to the identification of properties which will be affected by the [project](/usc/42/13641.md?p=2) for which the application is made and which may meet the criteria established by the [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) of the Interior for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places (together with documentation relating to such inclusion), submit his or her comments, together with such other information considered necessary by the officer, to the applicant concerning such properties; and - (2) the [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) of the Interior shall, not later than 45 days after receiving from the applicant the information described in [paragraph (1)](#b-1) and the comments submitted to the applicant in accordance with [paragraph (1)](#b-1), make a determination as to whether any of the properties affected by the [project](/usc/42/13641.md?p=2) for which the application is made is eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places. - (c) **Regulations by Advisory Council on Historic Preservation providing for expeditious action—** The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation shall prescribe regulations providing for expeditious action by the Council in making its comments under [section 306108 of title 54](/usc/54/306108.md) in the case of properties which are included on, or eligible for inclusion on, the National Register of Historic Places and which are affected by a [project](/usc/42/13641.md?p=2) for which an application is made under [section 5318 of this title](/usc/42/5318.md). ## Footnotes [^1]: See References in Text note below. ## Source credit (Pub. L. 93–383, title I, § 121, as added Pub. L. 96–399, title I, § 110(c), Oct. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1620; amended Pub. L. 97–35, title III, § 308(b), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 396; Pub. L. 113–287, § 5(k)(4), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3270.) ## Notes ### Editorial Notes ### References in Text Section 5318 of this title, referred to in subsec. (a), probably should be a reference to section 119 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, Pub. L. 93–383, title I, § 119, as added Pub. L. 95–128, title I, § 110(b), Oct. 12, 1977, 91 Stat. 1125, which is classified to section 5318 of this title. ### Amendments 2014—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–287, § 5(k)(4)(A), amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “With respect to applications for assistance under section 5318 of this title, the Secretary of the Interior, after consulting with the Secretary, shall prescribe and implement regulations concerning projects funded under section 5318 of this title and their relationship with— “(1) ‘An Act to establish a program for the preservation of additional historic properties throughout the Nation, and for other purposes’, approved October 14, 1966, as amended; and “(2) ‘An Act to provide for the preservation of historical and archaeological data (including relics and specimens) which might otherwise be lost as a result of the construction of a dam’, approved June 27, 1960, as amended.” Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 113–287, § 5(k)(4)(B), substituted “section 306108 of title 54” for “section 106 of the Act referred to in subsection (a)(1)”. 1981—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97–35 substituted “subsection (c)(4)(B)” for “subsection (c)(7)(B)”. ### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries ### Effective Date of 1981 Amendment Amendment by Pub. L. 97–35 effective on effective date of regulations implementing such amendments, see section 308(c) of Pub. L. 97–35, set out as a note under section 5318 of this title.