---
kind: "section"
citation: "54 U.S.C. § 302701"
title: "54"
title_heading: "National Park Service and Related Programs"
number: "302701"
heading: "Program to assist Indian tribes in preserving historic property"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/54/302701"
units:
  - "Subtitle III — National Preservation Programs"
  - "Division A — Historic Preservation"
  - "Subdivision 2 — Historic Preservation Program"
  - "Chapter 3027 — Historic Preservation Programs and Authorities for Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian Organizations"
---

# §302701. Program to assist Indian tribes in preserving historic property

- (a) **Establishment of Program.—** The [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1) shall establish a [program](/usc/54/308601.md?p=3) and promulgate regulations to assist Indian tribes in preserving their [historic property](/usc/54/308901.md?p=3).
- (b) **Communication and Cooperation.—** The [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1) shall foster communication and cooperation between Indian tribes and [State Historic Preservation Officers](/usc/54/308702.md?p=4) in the administration of the national [historic](/usc/54/308601.md?p=2) preservation [program](/usc/54/308601.md?p=3) to—
  - (1) ensure that all types of [historic property](/usc/54/308901.md?p=3) and all public interests in [historic property](/usc/54/308901.md?p=3) are given due consideration; and
  - (2) encourage coordination among Indian tribes, [State Historic Preservation Officers](/usc/54/308702.md?p=4), and Federal agencies in [historic](/usc/54/308601.md?p=2) preservation planning and in the identification, evaluation, [protection](/usc/54/302501.md?p=2), and interpretation of [historic property](/usc/54/308901.md?p=3).
- (c) **Tribal Values.—** The [program](/usc/54/308601.md?p=3) under [subsection (a)](#a) shall be developed in a manner to ensure that tribal values are taken into account to the extent feasible. The [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1) may waive or modify requirements of this subdivision to conform to the cultural setting of tribal heritage preservation goals and objectives.
- (d) **Scope of Tribal Programs.—** The tribal [programs](/usc/54/308601.md?p=3) implemented by specific tribal organizations may vary in scope, as determined by each Indian tribe’s chief governing authority.
- (e) **Consultation.—** The [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1) shall consult with Indian tribes, other Federal agencies, State [Historic](/usc/54/308601.md?p=2) Preservations[^1] Officers, and other interested parties concerning the [program](/usc/54/308601.md?p=3) under [subsection (a)](#a).

## Footnotes

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

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3199.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 302701 | 16 U.S.C. 470a(d)(1). | Pub. L. 89–665, title I, § 101(d)(1), as added Pub. L. 102–575, title XL, § 4006(a)(2), Oct. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 4755. |

In subsection (e), the words “and initiate the program under subparagraph (A) by not later than October 1, 1994” are omitted as obsolete.