---
kind: "section"
citation: "54 U.S.C. § 302706"
title: "54"
title_heading: "National Park Service and Related Programs"
number: "302706"
heading: "Eligibility for inclusion on National Register"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/54/302706"
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"
---

# §302706. Eligibility for inclusion on National Register

- (a) **In General.—** Property of traditional religious and cultural importance to an Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization may be determined to be eligible for inclusion on the National Register.
- (b) **Consultation.—** In carrying out its responsibilities under [section 306108 of this title](/usc/54/306108.md), a Federal agency shall consult with any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization that attaches religious and cultural significance to property described in [subsection (a)](#a).
- (c) **Hawaii.—** In carrying out responsibilities under [section 302303 of this title](/usc/54/302303.md), the [State Historic Preservation Officer](/usc/54/308702.md?p=4) for Hawaii shall—
  - (1) consult with Native Hawaiian organizations in assessing the cultural significance of any property in determining whether to nominate the property to the National Register;
  - (2) consult with Native Hawaiian organizations in developing the cultural component of a preservation [program](/usc/54/308601.md?p=3) or plan for the property; and
  - (3) enter into a memorandum of understanding or agreement with Native Hawaiian organizations for the assessment of the cultural significance of a property in determining whether to nominate the property to the National Register and to carry out the cultural component of the preservation [program](/usc/54/308601.md?p=3) or plan.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3201.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 302706 | 16 U.S.C. 470a(d)(6). | Pub. L. 89–665, title I, § 101(d)(6), as added Pub. L. 102–575, title XL, § 4006(a)(2), Oct. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 4757. |