---
kind: "section"
citation: "54 U.S.C. § 300320"
title: "54"
title_heading: "National Park Service and Related Programs"
number: "300320"
heading: "Undertaking"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/54/300320"
units:
  - "Subtitle III — National Preservation Programs"
  - "Division A — Historic Preservation"
  - "Subdivision 1 — General Provisions"
  - "Chapter 3003 — Definitions"
---

# §300320. Undertaking


In this division, the term “undertaking” means a project, activity, or [program](/usc/54/308601.md?p=3) funded in whole or in part under the direct or indirect jurisdiction of a Federal agency, including—

- (1) those carried out by or on behalf of the Federal agency;
- (2) those carried out with Federal financial assistance;
- (3) those requiring a Federal permit, license, or approval; and
- (4) those subject to State or local regulation administered pursuant to a delegation or approval by a Federal agency.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3191.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 300320 | 16 U.S.C. 470w(7). | Pub. L. 89–665, title III, § 301(7), as added Pub. L. 96–515, title V, § 501, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 3001; Pub. L. 102–575, title XL, § 4019(a)(5), Oct. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 4764. |