---
kind: "section"
citation: "54 U.S.C. § 312102"
title: "54"
title_heading: "National Park Service and Related Programs"
number: "312102"
heading: "Establishment and purposes"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/54/312102"
units:
  - "Subtitle III — National Preservation Programs"
  - "Division B — Organizations and Programs"
  - "Subdivision 3 — Administered by Other Than National Park Service"
  - "Chapter 3121 — National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States"
---

# §312102. Establishment and purposes

- (a) **Establishment.—** To further the policy enunciated in [chapter 3201](/usc/54/chstIII/dC/ch3201.md) of this title, and to facilitate public participation in the preservation of sites, buildings, and objects of national significance or interest, there is established a charitable, educational, and nonprofit corporation to be known as the [National Trust](/usc/54/308702.md?p=1) for [Historic](/usc/54/308601.md?p=2) Preservation in the United States.
- (b) **Purposes.—** The purposes of the [National Trust](/usc/54/308702.md?p=1) shall be to—
  - (1) receive donations of sites, buildings, and objects significant in American history and culture;
  - (2) preserve and administer the sites, buildings, and objects for public benefit;
  - (3) accept, hold, and administer gifts of money, securities, or other property of any character for the purpose of carrying out the preservation [program](/usc/54/308601.md?p=3); and
  - (4) execute other functions vested in the [National Trust](/usc/54/308702.md?p=1) by this chapter.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3249.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 312102 | 16 U.S.C. 468. | Oct. 26, 1949, ch. 735, § 1, 63 Stat. 927. |