---
kind: "section"
citation: "54 U.S.C. § 308702"
title: "54"
title_heading: "National Park Service and Related Programs"
number: "308702"
heading: "Definitions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/54/308702"
units:
  - "Subtitle III — National Preservation Programs"
  - "Division B — Organizations and Programs"
  - "Subdivision 1 — Administered by National Park Service"
  - "Chapter 3087 — National Maritime Heritage"
---

# §308702. Definitions


In this chapter:

- (1) **National trust.—** The term “National Trust” means the National Trust for [Historic](/usc/54/308601.md?p=2) Preservation in the United States established under [section 312102 of this title](/usc/54/312102.md).
- (2) **Private nonprofit organization.—** The term “private nonprofit organization” means any person that is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 ([26 U.S.C. 501(a)](/usc/26/501.md?p=a)) and described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 ([26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3)](/usc/26/501.md?p=c-3)).
- (3) **Program.—** The term “[Program](/usc/54/308601.md?p=3)” means the National Maritime Heritage Grants [Program](/usc/54/308601.md?p=3) established under [section 308703(a) of this title](/usc/54/308703.md?p=a).
- (4) **State historic preservation officer.—** The term “State Historic Preservation Officer” means a State Historic Preservation Officer appointed pursuant to [section 302301(1) of this title](/usc/54/302301.md?p=1) by the chief executive official of a State having a State [Historic](/usc/54/308601.md?p=2) Preservation [Program](/usc/54/308601.md?p=3) approved by the [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1) under that section.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3237.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 308702 | 16 U.S.C. 5406. | Pub. L. 103–451, § 7, Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4777. |

The definition of “Committee” is omitted as obsolete.