---
kind: "section"
citation: "54 U.S.C. § 304108"
title: "54"
title_heading: "National Park Service and Related Programs"
number: "304108"
heading: "Regulations, procedures, and guidelines"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/54/304108"
units:
  - "Subtitle III — National Preservation Programs"
  - "Division A — Historic Preservation"
  - "Subdivision 3 — Advisory Council on Historic Preservation"
  - "Chapter 3041 — Advisory Council on Historic Preservation"
---

# §304108. Regulations, procedures, and guidelines

- (a) **In General.—** The [Council](/usc/54/311101.md?p=1) may promulgate regulations as it considers necessary to govern the implementation of [section 306108 of this title](/usc/54/306108.md) in its entirety.
- (b) **Participation by Local Governments.—** The [Council](/usc/54/311101.md?p=1) shall by regulation establish such procedures as may be necessary to provide for participation by local governments in proceedings and other actions taken by the [Council](/usc/54/311101.md?p=1) with respect to undertakings referred to in [section 306108 of this title](/usc/54/306108.md) that affect the local governments.
- (c) **Exemption for Federal Programs or Undertakings.—** The [Council](/usc/54/311101.md?p=1), with the concurrence of the [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1), shall promulgate regulations or guidelines, as appropriate, under which Federal [programs](/usc/54/308601.md?p=3) or undertakings may be exempted from any or all of the requirements of this division when the exemption is determined to be consistent with the purposes of this division, taking into consideration the magnitude of the exempted undertaking or [program](/usc/54/308601.md?p=3) and the likelihood of impairment of [historic property](/usc/54/308901.md?p=3).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3214.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 304108(a), (b) | 16 U.S.C. 470s. | Pub. L. 89–665, title II, § 211, as added Pub. L. 94–422, title II, § 201(9), Sept. 28, 1976, 90 Stat. 1322; Pub. L. 96–515, title III, § 301(l), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2999; Pub. L. 102–575, title XL, § 4018, Oct. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 4763. |
| 304108(c) | 16 U.S.C. 470v. | Pub. L. 89–665, title II, § 214, as added Pub. L. 96–515, title III, § 302(a), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 3000. |