---
kind: "section"
citation: "54 U.S.C. § 300311"
title: "54"
title_heading: "National Park Service and Related Programs"
number: "300311"
heading: "National Register"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/54/300311"
units:
  - "Subtitle III — National Preservation Programs"
  - "Division A — Historic Preservation"
  - "Subdivision 1 — General Provisions"
  - "Chapter 3003 — Definitions"
---

# §300311. National Register


In this division, the term “National Register” means the National Register of [Historic](/usc/54/308601.md?p=2) Places maintained under [chapter 3021](/usc/54/chstIII/dA/sd2/ch3021.md) of this title.


## 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) |
| 300311 | 16 U.S.C. 470w(6). | Pub. L. 89–665, title III, § 301(6), as added Pub. L. 96–515, title V, § 501, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 3001. |