---
kind: "section"
citation: "54 U.S.C. § 304112"
title: "54"
title_heading: "National Park Service and Related Programs"
number: "304112"
heading: "Effectiveness of Federal grant and assistance programs"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/54/304112"
units:
  - "Subtitle III — National Preservation Programs"
  - "Division A — Historic Preservation"
  - "Subdivision 3 — Advisory Council on Historic Preservation"
  - "Chapter 3041 — Advisory Council on Historic Preservation"
---

# §304112. Effectiveness of Federal grant and assistance programs

- (a) **Cooperative Agreements.—** The [Council](/usc/54/311101.md?p=1) may enter into a cooperative agreement with any Federal agency that administers a grant or assistance [program](/usc/54/308601.md?p=3) for the purpose of improving the effectiveness of the administration of the [program](/usc/54/308601.md?p=3) in meeting the purposes and policies of this division. The cooperative agreement may include provisions that modify the selection criteria for a grant or assistance [program](/usc/54/308601.md?p=3) to further the purposes of this division or that allow the [Council](/usc/54/311101.md?p=1) to participate in the selection of recipients, if those provisions are not inconsistent with the grant or assistance [program](/usc/54/308601.md?p=3)’s statutory authorization and purpose.
- (b) **Review of Grant and Assistance Programs.—** The [Council](/usc/54/311101.md?p=1) may—
  - (1) review the operation of any Federal grant or assistance [program](/usc/54/308601.md?p=3) to evaluate the effectiveness of the [program](/usc/54/308601.md?p=3) in meeting the purposes and policies of this division;
  - (2) make recommendations to the head of any Federal agency that administers the [program](/usc/54/308601.md?p=3) to further the consistency of the [program](/usc/54/308601.md?p=3) with the purposes and policies of this division and to improve its effectiveness in carrying out those purposes and policies; and
  - (3) make recommendations to the President and Congress regarding the effectiveness of Federal grant and assistance [programs](/usc/54/308601.md?p=3) in meeting the purposes and policies of this division, including recommendations with regard to appropriate funding levels.

## 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) |
| 304112 | 16 U.S.C. 470v–2. | Pub. L. 89–665, title II, § 216, as added Pub. L. 109–453, § 1(g), Dec. 22, 2006, 120 Stat. 3368. |