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

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

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    Sec. 470a-1. World Heritage Convention

STATUTE

    (a) United States participation
      The Secretary of the Interior shall direct and coordinate United
    States participation in the Convention Concerning the Protection of
    the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, approved by the Senate on
    October 26, 1973, in cooperation with the Secretary of State, the
    Smithsonian Institution, and the Advisory Council on Historic
    Preservation. Whenever possible, expenditures incurred in carrying
    out activities in cooperation with other nations and international
    organizations shall be paid for in such excess currency of the
    country or area where the expense is incurred as may be available
    to the United States.
    (b) Nomination of property to World Heritage Committee
      The Secretary of the Interior shall periodically nominate
    properties he determines are of international significance to the
    World Heritage Committee on behalf of the United States. No
    property may be so nominated unless it has previously been
    determined to be of national significance. Each such nomination
    shall include evidence of such legal protections as may be
    necessary to ensure preservation of the property and its
    environment (including restrictive covenants, easements, or other
    forms of protection). Before making any such nomination, the
    Secretary shall notify the Committee on Natural Resources of the
    United States House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy
    and Natural Resources of the United States Senate.
    (c) Nomination of non-Federal property to World Heritage Committee
      No non-Federal property may be nominated by the Secretary of the
    Interior to the World Heritage Committee for inclusion on the World
    Heritage List unless the owner of the property concurs in writing
    to such nomination.

SOURCE

    (Pub. L. 96-515, title IV, Sec. 401, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 3000;
    Pub. L. 103-437, Sec. 6(d)(28), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4584.)

CODIFICATION

      Section was enacted as part of the National Historic Preservation
    Act Amendments of 1980, and not as part of the National Historic
    Preservation Act, Pub. L. 89-665, which is classified generally to
    this subchapter.

AMENDMENTS

      1994 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-437 substituted "Natural
    Resources" for "Interior and Insular Affairs" after "Committee on".