---
kind: "section"
citation: "54 U.S.C. § 302704"
title: "54"
title_heading: "National Park Service and Related Programs"
number: "302704"
heading: "Contracts and cooperative agreements"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/54/302704"
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"
---

# §302704. Contracts and cooperative agreements


At the request of an Indian tribe whose preservation [program](/usc/54/308601.md?p=3) has been approved to assume functions and responsibilities pursuant to [section 302702 of this title](/usc/54/302702.md), the [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1) shall enter into a contract or cooperative agreement with the Indian tribe permitting the assumption by the Indian tribe of any part of the responsibilities described in [section 302304(b) of this title](/usc/54/302304.md?p=b) on tribal land, if—

- (1) the [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1) and the Indian tribe agree on additional financial assistance, if any, to the Indian tribe for the costs of carrying out those authorities;
- (2) the [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1) finds that the tribal [historic](/usc/54/308601.md?p=2) preservation [program](/usc/54/308601.md?p=3) has been demonstrated to be sufficient to carry out the contract or cooperative agreement and this division; and
- (3) the contract or cooperative agreement specifies the continuing responsibilities of the [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1) or of the appropriate [State Historic Preservation Officers](/usc/54/308702.md?p=4) and provides for appropriate participation by—
  - (A) the Indian tribe’s traditional cultural authorities;
  - (B) representatives of other Indian tribes whose traditional land is under the jurisdiction of the Indian tribe assuming responsibilities; and
  - (C) the interested public.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3200.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 302704 | 16 U.S.C. 470a(d)(4). | Pub. L. 89–665, title I, § 101(d)(4), as added Pub. L. 102–575, title XL, § 4006(a)(2), Oct. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 4757. |