---
kind: "section"
citation: "54 U.S.C. § 302102"
title: "54"
title_heading: "National Park Service and Related Programs"
number: "302102"
heading: "Inclusion of properties on National Register"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/54/302102"
units:
  - "Subtitle III — National Preservation Programs"
  - "Division A — Historic Preservation"
  - "Subdivision 2 — Historic Preservation Program"
  - "Chapter 3021 — National Register of Historic Places"
---

# §302102. Inclusion of properties on National Register

- (a) **In General.—** A property that meets the criteria for National [Historic](/usc/54/308601.md?p=2) Landmarks established pursuant to [section 302103 of this title](/usc/54/302103.md) shall be designated as a National [Historic](/usc/54/308601.md?p=2) Landmark and included on the National Register, subject to the requirements of [section 302107 of this title](/usc/54/302107.md).
- (b) **Historic Property on National Register on December 12, 1980.—** All [historic property](/usc/54/308901.md?p=3) included on the National Register on December 12, 1980, shall be deemed to be included on the National Register as of their initial listing for purposes of this division.
- (c) **Historic Property Listed in Federal Register of February 6, 1979, or Prior to December 12, 1980, as National Historic Landmarks.—** All [historic property](/usc/54/308901.md?p=3) listed in the Federal Register of February 6, 1979, or prior to December 12, 1980, as National [Historic](/usc/54/308601.md?p=2) Landmarks are declared by Congress to be National [Historic](/usc/54/308601.md?p=2) Landmarks of national [historic](/usc/54/308601.md?p=2) significance as of their initial listing in the Federal Register for purposes of this division and [chapter 3201](/usc/54/chstIII/dC/ch3201.md) of this title, except that in the case of a National [Historic](/usc/54/308601.md?p=2) Landmark district for which no boundaries had been established as of December 12, 1980, boundaries shall first be published in the Federal Register.

## 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) |
| 302102 | 16 U.S.C. 470a(a)(1)(B). | Pub. L. 89–665, title I, § 101(a)(1)(B), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 915; Pub. L. 91–383, § 11, as added Pub. L. 94–458, § 2, Oct. 7, 1976, 90 Stat. 1942; Pub. L. 93–54, § 1(d), July 1, 1973, 87 Stat. 139; Pub. L. 96–205, title VI, § 608(a)(1), (2), Mar. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 92; Pub. L. 96–515, title II, § 201(a), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2988; Pub. L. 103–437, § 6(d)(29), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4584; Pub. L. 104–333, div. I, title VIII, § 814(d)(2)(F), Nov. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 4196. |

In subsection (c), the words “had been established as of December 12, 1980” are substituted for “have been established” for clarity.