---
kind: "section"
citation: "54 U.S.C. § 312506"
title: "54"
title_heading: "National Park Service and Related Programs"
number: "312506"
heading: "Administration"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/54/312506"
units:
  - "Subtitle III — National Preservation Programs"
  - "Division B — Organizations and Programs"
  - "Subdivision 3 — Administered by Other Than National Park Service"
  - "Chapter 3125 — Preservation of Historical and Archeological Data"
---

# §312506. Administration


In the administration of this chapter, the [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1) may—

- (1) enter into contracts or make cooperative agreements with any Federal or State agency, educational or scientific organization, or institution, corporation, association, or qualified individual;
- (2) obtain the [services](/usc/54/100102.md?p=4) of experts and consultants or organizations of experts and consultants in accordance with [section 3109 of title 5](/usc/5/3109.md); and
- (3) accept and utilize funds made available for salvage archeological purposes by any private person or corporation or transferred to the [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1) by any Federal agency.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3256.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 312506 | 16 U.S.C. 469b. | Pub. L. 86–523, § 6, formerly § 3, June 27, 1960, 74 Stat. 221, renumbered as § 6 and amended Pub. L. 93–291, § 1(8), May 24, 1974, 88 Stat. 175. |