---
kind: "section"
citation: "54 U.S.C. § 302905"
title: "54"
title_heading: "National Park Service and Related Programs"
number: "302905"
heading: "Religious property"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/54/302905"
units:
  - "Subtitle III — National Preservation Programs"
  - "Division A — Historic Preservation"
  - "Subdivision 2 — Historic Preservation Program"
  - "Chapter 3029 — Grants"
---

# §302905. Religious property

- (a) **In General.—** Grants may be made under this chapter for the preservation, stabilization, restoration, or rehabilitation of religious property listed on the National Register if the purpose of the grant—
  - (1) is secular;
  - (2) does not promote religion; and
  - (3) seeks to protect qualities that are historically significant.
- (b) **Effect of Section.—** Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the use of any funds made available under this subdivision for the acquisition of any religious property listed on the National Register.

## 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) |
| 302905 | 16 U.S.C. 470a(e)(4). | Pub. L. 89–665, title I, § 101(e)(4), as added Pub. L. 102–575, title XL, § 4007(2), Oct. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 4758. |