---
kind: "section"
citation: "54 U.S.C. § 306141"
title: "54"
title_heading: "National Park Service and Related Programs"
number: "306141"
heading: "Application of certain authorities and standards to historic military housing and associated historic properties of the Department of the Army"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/54/306141"
units:
  - "Subtitle III — National Preservation Programs"
  - "Division A — Historic Preservation"
  - "Subdivision 5 — Federal Agency Historic Preservation Responsibilities"
  - "Chapter 3061 — Program Responsibilities and Authorities"
  - "Subchapter IV — Application of Authorities and Standards to Historic Military Housing and Associated Properties"
---

# §306141. Application of certain authorities and standards to historic military housing and associated historic properties of the Department of the Army

- (a) **Application of Certain Authority to Capehart and Wherry Era Army Military Family Housing.—** The [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1) of the Army, in satisfaction of requirements under this division, may apply the authority and standards contained in the document titled “[Program](/usc/54/308601.md?p=3) Comment for Capehart and Wherry Era Army Family Housing and Associated Structures and Landscape Features (1949–1962)” (published on June 7, 2002) (67 Fed. Reg. 39332) to all military housing (including privatized military housing under subchapter IV of [chapter 169](/usc/10/chstA/ptIV/ch169.md) of title 10) constructed during the period beginning on January 1, 1941, and ending on December 31, 1948, located on a military installation under the jurisdiction of the [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1) of the Army.
- (b) **Temporary Application of Certain Authority to Vietnam War Era Army Military Housing.—** During the period beginning on the date of the enactment of the Military Construction Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (division B of Public Law 118–159) and ending on December 31, 2045, the [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1) of the Army, in satisfaction of requirements under this division, may apply the authority and standards contained in the document titled “[Program](/usc/54/308601.md?p=3)[^1] Comment for Vietnam War Era [Historic](/usc/54/308601.md?p=2) Housing, Associated Buildings and Structures, and Landscape Features (1963–1975)” (published on May 4, 2023) (88 Fed. Reg. 28573) to all military housing (including privatized military housing under subchapter IV of [chapter 169](/usc/10/chstA/ptIV/ch169.md) of title 10) constructed after 1975 located on a military installation under the jurisdiction of the [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1) of the Army.
- (c) **Report.—** As part of each report of the Army required under section 3(c) of Executive Order 13287 ([54 U.S.C. 306101](/usc/54/306101.md) note), the [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1) of the Army shall submit to the Advisory [Council](/usc/54/311101.md?p=1) on [Historic](/usc/54/308601.md?p=2) Preservation a report on the implementation of this section.
- (d) **Rule of Construction.—** Nothing in this section may be construed to preclude or require the amendment of the documents of the Office of the Assistant [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1) of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment described in subsection[^2] (a) and (b) by the [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1) of the Army or the chair of the Advisory [Council](/usc/54/311101.md?p=1) on [Historic](/usc/54/308601.md?p=2) Preservation.

## Footnotes

[^1]: So in original. Probably should be preceded by “Notice of Issuance of the Department of the Army”.
[^2]: So in original. Probably should be “subsections”.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2826(a), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1308.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The date of the enactment of the Military Construction Act for Fiscal Year 2025, referred to in subsec. (b), probably means the date of enactment of div. B of Pub. L. 118–159, known as the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, which was approved Dec. 23, 2024.

Executive Order 13287, referred to in subsec. (c), is Ex. Ord. No. 13287, Mar. 3, 2003, 68 F.R. 10635, set out as a note under section 306101 of this title.