---
kind: "section"
citation: "54 U.S.C. § 305302"
title: "54"
title_heading: "National Park Service and Related Programs"
number: "305302"
heading: "National Center for Preservation Technology and Training"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/54/305302"
units:
  - "Subtitle III — National Preservation Programs"
  - "Division A — Historic Preservation"
  - "Subdivision 4 — Other Organizations and Programs"
  - "Chapter 3053 — National Center for Preservation Technology and Training"
---

# §305302. National Center for Preservation Technology and Training

- (a) **Establishment.—** There is established within the Department of the Interior a National [Center](/usc/54/305301.md?p=2) for Preservation Technology and Training. The [Center](/usc/54/305301.md?p=2) shall be located at Northwestern State University of Louisiana in Natchitoches, Louisiana.
- (b) **Purposes.—** The purposes of the [Center](/usc/54/305301.md?p=2) shall be to—
  - (1) develop and distribute preservation and conservation skills and technologies for the identification, evaluation, conservation, and interpretation of [historic property](/usc/54/308901.md?p=3);
  - (2) develop and facilitate training for Federal, State, and local resource preservation professionals, cultural resource managers, maintenance personnel, and others working in the preservation field;
  - (3) take steps to apply preservation technology benefits from ongoing research by other agencies and institutions;
  - (4) facilitate the transfer of preservation technology among Federal agencies, State and local governments, universities, international organizations, and the private sector; and
  - (5) cooperate with related international organizations including the International [Council](/usc/54/311101.md?p=1) on Monuments and Sites, the International [Center](/usc/54/305301.md?p=2) for the Study of Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property, and the International [Council](/usc/54/311101.md?p=1) on Museums.
- (c) **Programs.—** The purposes shall be carried out through research, professional training, technical assistance, and [programs](/usc/54/308601.md?p=3) for public awareness, and through a [program](/usc/54/308601.md?p=3) of grants established under [section 305304 of this title](/usc/54/305304.md).
- (d) **Executive Director.—** The [Center](/usc/54/305301.md?p=2) shall be headed by an Executive [Director](/usc/54/100102.md?p=1) with demonstrated expertise in [historic](/usc/54/308601.md?p=2) preservation appointed by the [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1) with advice of the [Board](/usc/54/305301.md?p=1).
- (e) **Assistance From Secretary.—** The [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1) shall provide the [Center](/usc/54/305301.md?p=2) assistance in obtaining such personnel, equipment, and facilities as may be needed by the [Center](/usc/54/305301.md?p=2) to carry out its activities.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3221.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 305302 | 16 U.S.C. 470x–2. | Pub. L. 89–665, title IV, § 403, as added Pub. L. 102–575, title XL, § 4022, Oct. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 4766. |