---
kind: "section"
citation: "54 U.S.C. § 307103"
title: "54"
title_heading: "National Park Service and Related Programs"
number: "307103"
heading: "Access to information"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/54/307103"
units:
  - "Subtitle III — National Preservation Programs"
  - "Division A — Historic Preservation"
  - "Subdivision 6 — Miscellaneous"
  - "Chapter 3071 — Miscellaneous"
---

# §307103. Access to information

- (a) **Authority To Withhold From Disclosure.—** The head of a Federal agency, or other public official receiving grant assistance pursuant to this division, after consultation with the [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1), shall withhold from disclosure to the public information about the location, character, or ownership of a [historic property](/usc/54/308901.md?p=3) if the [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1) and the agency determine that disclosure may—
  - (1) cause a significant invasion of privacy;
  - (2) risk harm to the [historic property](/usc/54/308901.md?p=3); or
  - (3) impede the use of a traditional religious site by practitioners.
- (b) **Access Determination.—** When the head of a Federal agency or other public official determines that information should be withheld from the public pursuant to [subsection (a)](#a), the [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1), in consultation with the Federal agency head or official, shall determine who may have access to the information for the purpose of carrying out this division.
- (c) **Consultation With Council.—** When information described in [subsection (a)](#a) has been developed in the course of an agency’s compliance with section [306107](/usc/54/306107.md) or [306108](/usc/54/306108.md) of this title, the [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1) shall consult with the [Council](/usc/54/311101.md?p=1) in reaching determinations under subsections [(a)](#a) and [(b)](#b).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3231.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 307103 | 16 U.S.C. 470w–3. | Pub. L. 89–665, title III, § 304, as added Pub. L. 96–515, title V, § 501, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 3002; Pub. L. 102–575, title XL, § 4020, Oct. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 4765. |