---
kind: "section"
citation: "54 U.S.C. § 307108"
title: "54"
title_heading: "National Park Service and Related Programs"
number: "307108"
heading: "Privately donated funds"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/54/307108"
units:
  - "Subtitle III — National Preservation Programs"
  - "Division A — Historic Preservation"
  - "Subdivision 6 — Miscellaneous"
  - "Chapter 3071 — Miscellaneous"
---

# §307108. Privately donated funds

- (a) **Projects for Which Funds May Be Used.—** In furtherance of the purposes of this division, the [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1) may accept the donation of funds that may be expended by the [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1) for projects to acquire, restore, preserve, or recover data from any property included on the National Register, as long as the project is owned by a State, any unit of local government, or any nonprofit entity.
- (b) **Consideration of Factors Respecting Expenditure of Funds.—**
  - (1) **In general.—** In expending the funds, the [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1) shall give due consideration to—
    - (A) the national significance of the project;
    - (B) its historical value to the community;
    - (C) the imminence of its destruction or loss; and
    - (D) the expressed intentions of the donor.
  - (2) **Funds available without regard to matching requirements.—** Funds expended under this subsection shall be made available without regard to the matching requirements established by sections [302901](/usc/54/302901.md) and [302902(b)](/usc/54/302902.md?p=b) of this title, but the recipient of the funds shall be permitted to utilize them to match any grants from the [Historic](/usc/54/308601.md?p=2) Preservation Fund.
- (c) **Transfer of Unobligated Funds.—** The [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1) may transfer unobligated funds previously donated to the [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1) for the purposes of the [Service](/usc/54/100102.md?p=4), with the consent of the donor, and any funds so transferred shall be used or expended in accordance with this division.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3232.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 307108 | 16 U.S.C. 470h–1. | Pub. L. 89–665, title I, § 109, as added Pub. L. 96–244, § 1, May 19, 1980, 94 Stat. 346. |

In subsection (a), the word “included” is substituted for “listed” for consistency in the revised subtitle.