---
kind: "section"
citation: "54 U.S.C. § 101301"
title: "54"
title_heading: "National Park Service and Related Programs"
number: "101301"
heading: "Maintenance management system"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/54/101301"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — National Park System"
  - "Division A — Establishment and General Administration"
  - "Chapter 1013 — Employees"
  - "Subchapter I — General Provisions"
---

# §101301. Maintenance management system


The [Service](/usc/54/100102.md?p=4) shall implement a maintenance management [system](/usc/54/100102.md?p=5) in the maintenance and operations programs of the [System](/usc/54/100102.md?p=5). The [system](/usc/54/100102.md?p=5) shall include the following elements:

- (1) A workload inventory of assets including detailed information that quantifies for all assets (including buildings, roads, utility [systems](/usc/54/100102.md?p=5), and grounds that must be maintained) the characteristics affecting the type of maintenance work performed.
- (2) A set of maintenance tasks that describe the maintenance work in each [System unit](/usc/54/100102.md?p=6).
- (3) A description of work standards including—
  - (A) frequency of maintenance;
  - (B) measurable quality standard to which assets should be maintained;
  - (C) methods for accomplishing work;
  - (D) required labor, equipment, and material resources; and
  - (E) expected worker production for each maintenance task.
- (4) A work program and performance budget that develops an annual work plan identifying maintenance needs and financial resources to be devoted to each maintenance task.
- (5) A work schedule that identifies and prioritizes tasks to be done in a specific time period and specifies required labor resources.
- (6) Work orders specifying job authorizations and a record of work accomplished that can be used to record actual labor and material costs.
- (7) Reports and special analyses that compare planned versus actual accomplishments and costs and that can be used to evaluate maintenance operations.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3123.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 101301 | 16 U.S.C. 1a–8(a). | Pub. L. 98–540, § 4(a), Oct. 24, 1984, 98 Stat. 2719; Pub. L. 103–437, § 6(d)(1), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4583. |