---
kind: "section"
citation: "54 U.S.C. § 302904"
title: "54"
title_heading: "National Park Service and Related Programs"
number: "302904"
heading: "Direct grants for the preservation of properties included on National Register"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/54/302904"
units:
  - "Subtitle III — National Preservation Programs"
  - "Division A — Historic Preservation"
  - "Subdivision 2 — Historic Preservation Program"
  - "Chapter 3029 — Grants"
---

# §302904. Direct grants for the preservation of properties included on National Register

- (a) **Administration of Program.—** The [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1) shall administer a [program](/usc/54/308601.md?p=3) of direct grants for the preservation of properties included on the National Register.
- (b) **Available Amount.—** Funds to support the [program](/usc/54/308601.md?p=3) annually shall not exceed 10 percent of the amount appropriated annually for the [Historic](/usc/54/308601.md?p=2) Preservation Fund.
- (c) **Uses of Grants.—**
  - (1) **In general.—** Grants under this section may be made by the [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1), in consultation with the appropriate [State Historic Preservation Officer](/usc/54/308702.md?p=4)—
    - (A) for the preservation of—
      - (i) National [Historic](/usc/54/308601.md?p=2) Landmarks that are threatened with demolition or impairment; and
      - (ii) [historic property](/usc/54/308901.md?p=3) of World Heritage significance;
    - (B) for demonstration projects that will provide information concerning professional methods and techniques having application to [historic property](/usc/54/308901.md?p=3);
    - (C) for the training and development of skilled labor in trades and crafts, and in analysis and curation, relating to [historic](/usc/54/308601.md?p=2) preservation; and
    - (D) to assist individuals or small businesses within any [historic](/usc/54/308601.md?p=2) district included on the National Register to remain within the district.
  - (2) **Limit on certain grants.—** A grant may be made under subparagraph [(A)](#c-1-A) or [(D)](#c-1-D) of paragraph (1) only to the extent that the project cannot be carried out in as effective a manner through the use of an insured loan under [section 303901 of this title](/usc/54/303901.md).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3204.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 302904(a) through (c)(1) | 16 U.S.C. 470a(e)(3)(A). | Pub. L. 89–665, title I, § 101(e)(3)(A), (C), formerly § 101(d)(3)(A), (C), 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; redesignated as § 101(e)(3)(A), (C), Pub. L. 102–575, title XL, § 4006(a)(1), Oct. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 4755; Pub. L. 106–208, § 5(a)(3), May 26, 2002, 114 Stat. 318. |
| 302904(c)(2) | 16 U.S.C. 470a(e)(3)(C). |  |

In subsection (a), the words “In addition to the programs under paragraphs (1) and (2)” are omitted as unnecessary.

In subsection (c)(1)(D), the word “individuals” is substituted for “persons” for clarity.