---
kind: "section"
citation: "54 U.S.C. § 302504"
title: "54"
title_heading: "National Park Service and Related Programs"
number: "302504"
heading: "Participation of certified local governments in National Register nominations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/54/302504"
units:
  - "Subtitle III — National Preservation Programs"
  - "Division A — Historic Preservation"
  - "Subdivision 2 — Historic Preservation Program"
  - "Chapter 3025 — Certification of Local Governments"
---

# §302504. Participation of certified local governments in National Register nominations

- (a) **Notice.—** Before a property within the jurisdiction of a certified local government may be considered by a State to be nominated to the [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1) for inclusion on the National Register, the [State Historic Preservation Officer](/usc/54/308702.md?p=4) shall notify the owner, the applicable chief local elected official, and the local [historic](/usc/54/308601.md?p=2) preservation commission.
- (b) **Report.—** The local [historic](/usc/54/308601.md?p=2) preservation commission, after reasonable opportunity for public comment, shall prepare a report as to whether the property, in the Commission’s opinion, meets the criteria of the National Register. Within 60 days of notice from the [State Historic Preservation Officer](/usc/54/308702.md?p=4), the chief local elected official shall transmit the report of the commission and the recommendation of the local official to the [State Historic Preservation Officer](/usc/54/308702.md?p=4).
- (c) **Recommendation.—**
  - (1) **Property nominated to national register.—** Except as provided in [paragraph (2)](#c-2), after receipt of the report and recommendation, or if no report and recommendation are received within 60 days, the State shall make the nomination pursuant to [section 302104 of this title](/usc/54/302104.md). The State may expedite the process with the concurrence of the certified local government.
  - (2) **Property not nominated to national register.—** If both the commission and the chief local elected official recommend that a property not be nominated to the National Register, the [State Historic Preservation Officer](/usc/54/308702.md?p=4) shall take no further action, unless, within 30 days of the receipt of the recommendation by the [State Historic Preservation Officer](/usc/54/308702.md?p=4), an appeal is filed with the State. If an appeal is filed, the State shall follow the procedures for making a nomination pursuant to [section 302104 of this title](/usc/54/302104.md). Any report and recommendations made under this section shall be included with any nomination submitted by the State to the [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3198.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 302504 | 16 U.S.C. 470a(c)(2). | Pub. L. 89–665, title I, § 101(c)(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. 2992. |