---
kind: "section"
citation: "54 U.S.C. § 306107"
title: "54"
title_heading: "National Park Service and Related Programs"
number: "306107"
heading: "Planning and actions to minimize harm to National Historic Landmarks"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/54/306107"
units:
  - "Subtitle III — National Preservation Programs"
  - "Division A — Historic Preservation"
  - "Subdivision 5 — Federal Agency Historic Preservation Responsibilities"
  - "Chapter 3061 — Program Responsibilities and Authorities"
  - "Subchapter I — In General"
---

# §306107. Planning and actions to minimize harm to National Historic Landmarks


Prior to the approval of any Federal undertaking that may directly and adversely affect any National [Historic](/usc/54/308601.md?p=2) Landmark, the head of the responsible Federal agency shall to the maximum extent possible undertake such planning and actions as may be necessary to minimize harm to the landmark. The head of the Federal agency shall afford the [Council](/usc/54/311101.md?p=1) a reasonable opportunity to comment with regard to the undertaking.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3226.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 306107 | 16 U.S.C. 470h–2(f). | Pub. L. 89–665, title I, § 110(f), as added Pub. L. 96–515, title II, § 206, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2996. |