---
kind: "section"
citation: "54 U.S.C. § 302302"
title: "54"
title_heading: "National Park Service and Related Programs"
number: "302302"
heading: "Program evaluation"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/54/302302"
units:
  - "Subtitle III — National Preservation Programs"
  - "Division A — Historic Preservation"
  - "Subdivision 2 — Historic Preservation Program"
  - "Chapter 3023 — State Historic Preservation Programs"
---

# §302302. Program evaluation

- (a) **When Evaluation Should Occcur 1.—** Periodically, but not less than every 4 years after the approval of any State [program](/usc/54/308601.md?p=3) under [section 302301 of this title](/usc/54/302301.md), the [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1), in consultation with the [Council](/usc/54/311101.md?p=1) on the appropriate provisions of this division, and in cooperation with the [State Historic Preservation Officer](/usc/54/308702.md?p=4), shall evaluate the [program](/usc/54/308601.md?p=3) to determine whether it is consistent with this division.
- (b) **Disapproval of Program.—** If, at any time, the [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1) determines that a major aspect of a State [program](/usc/54/308601.md?p=3) is not consistent with this division, the [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1) shall disapprove the [program](/usc/54/308601.md?p=3) and suspend in whole or in part any contracts or cooperative agreements with the State and the [State Historic Preservation Officer](/usc/54/308702.md?p=4) under this division, until the [program](/usc/54/308601.md?p=3) is consistent with this division, unless the [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1) determines that the [program](/usc/54/308601.md?p=3) will be made consistent with this division within a reasonable period of time.
- (c) **Oversight.—** The [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1), in consultation with [State Historic Preservation Officers](/usc/54/308702.md?p=4), shall establish oversight methods to ensure State [program](/usc/54/308601.md?p=3) consistency and quality without imposing undue review burdens on [State Historic Preservation Officers](/usc/54/308702.md?p=4).
- (d) **State Fiscal Audit and Management System.—**
  - (1) **Substitution for comparable federal systems.—** At the discretion of the [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1), a State [system](/usc/54/100102.md?p=5) of fiscal audit and management may be substituted for comparable Federal [systems](/usc/54/100102.md?p=5) so long as the State [system](/usc/54/100102.md?p=5)—
    - (A) establishes and maintains substantially similar accountability standards; and
    - (B) provides for independent professional peer review.
  - (2) **Fiscal audits and review by secretary.—** The [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1)—
    - (A) may conduct periodic fiscal audits of State [programs](/usc/54/308601.md?p=3) approved under this subdivision as needed; and
    - (B) shall ensure that the [programs](/usc/54/308601.md?p=3) meet applicable accountability standards.

## Footnotes

[^1]: So in original. Probably should be “Occur”.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3195.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 302302 | 16 U.S.C. 470a(b)(2). | Pub. L. 89–665, title I, § 101(b)(2), 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. 2990; Pub. L. 102–575, title XL, § 4004(1), Oct. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 4753. |