---
kind: "section"
citation: "54 U.S.C. § 300308"
title: "54"
title_heading: "National Park Service and Related Programs"
number: "300308"
heading: "Historic property"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/54/300308"
units:
  - "Subtitle III — National Preservation Programs"
  - "Division A — Historic Preservation"
  - "Subdivision 1 — General Provisions"
  - "Chapter 3003 — Definitions"
---

# §300308. Historic property


In this division, the term “[historic property](/usc/54/308901.md?p=3)” means any prehistoric or [historic](/usc/54/308601.md?p=2) district, site, building, structure, or object included on, or eligible for inclusion on, the National Register, including artifacts, records, and material remains relating to the district, site, building, structure, or object.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3189.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 300308 | 16 U.S.C. 470w(5). | Pub. L. 89–665, title III, § 301(5), as added Pub. L. 96–515, title V, § 501, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 3001; Pub. L. 102–575, title XL, § 4019(a)(4), Oct. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 4764. |

The words “historic resource” are omitted so that a uniform term is used throughout this division.