---
kind: "section"
citation: "54 U.S.C. § 305303"
title: "54"
title_heading: "National Park Service and Related Programs"
number: "305303"
heading: "Preservation Technology and Training Board"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/54/305303"
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"
---

# §305303. Preservation Technology and Training Board

- (a) **Establishment.—** There is established a Preservation Technology and Training [Board](/usc/54/305301.md?p=1).
- (b) **Duties.—** The [Board](/usc/54/305301.md?p=1) shall—
  - (1) provide leadership, policy advice, and professional oversight to the [Center](/usc/54/305301.md?p=2);
  - (2) advise the [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1) on priorities and the allocation of grants among the activities of the [Center](/usc/54/305301.md?p=2); and
  - (3) submit an annual report to the President and Congress.
- (c) **Membership.—** The [Board](/usc/54/305301.md?p=1) shall be comprised of—
  - (1) the [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1);
  - (2) 6 members appointed by the [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1), who shall represent appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies, State and local [historic](/usc/54/308601.md?p=2) preservation commissions, and other public and international organizations; and
  - (3) 6 members appointed by the [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1) on the basis of outstanding professional qualifications, who represent major organizations in the fields of archeology, architecture, conservation, curation, engineering, history, [historic](/usc/54/308601.md?p=2) preservation, landscape architecture, planning, or preservation education.

## 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) |
| 305303 | 16 U.S.C. 470x–3. | Pub. L. 89–665, title IV, § 404, as added Pub. L. 102–575, title XL, § 4022, Oct. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 4766; Pub. L. 106–208, § 5(a)(14), May 26, 2000, 114 Stat. 319. |

In subsection (c)(1), the words “or the Secretary’s designee” are omitted as unnecessary because of section 2 of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1950 (5 U.S.C. App., 43 U.S.C. 1451 note).