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    16 USC Sec. 470-1                                           01/08/2008

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    TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
    CHAPTER 1A - HISTORIC SITES, BUILDINGS, OBJECTS, AND ANTIQUITIES
    SUBCHAPTER II - NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION

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    Sec. 470-1. Declaration of policy of the Federal Government

STATUTE

      It shall be the policy of the Federal Government, in cooperation
    with other nations and in partnership with the States, local
    governments, Indian tribes, and private organizations and
    individuals to -
        (1) use measures, including financial and technical assistance,
      to foster conditions under which our modern society and our
      prehistoric and historic resources can exist in productive
      harmony and fulfill the social, economic, and other requirements
      of present and future generations;
        (2) provide leadership in the preservation of the prehistoric
      and historic resources of the United States and of the
      international community of nations and in the administration of
      the national preservation program in partnership with States,
      Indian tribes, Native Hawaiians, and local governments;
        (3) administer federally owned, administered, or controlled
      prehistoric and historic resources in a spirit of stewardship for
      the inspiration and benefit of present and future generations;
        (4) contribute to the preservation of nonfederally owned
      prehistoric and historic resources and give maximum encouragement
      to organizations and individuals undertaking preservation by
      private means;
        (5) encourage the public and private preservation and
      utilization of all usable elements of the Nation's historic built
      environment; and
        (6) assist State and local governments, Indian tribes and
      Native Hawaiian organizations and the National Trust for Historic
      Preservation in the United States to expand and accelerate their
      historic preservation programs and activities.

SOURCE

    (Pub. L. 89-665, Sec. 2, as added Pub. L. 96-515, title I, Sec.
    101(a), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2988; amended Pub. L. 102-575,
    title XL, Sec. 4002, Oct. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 4753.)

AMENDMENTS

      1992 - Par. (2). Pub. L. 102-575, Sec. 4002(1), inserted "and in
    the administration of the national preservation program in
    partnership with States, Indian tribes, Native Hawaiians, and local
    governments" after "community of nations".
      Par. (6). Pub. L. 102-575, Sec. 4002(2), inserted ", Indian
    tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations" after "local
    governments".