CITE

    16 USC Sec. 470f                                            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

HEAD

    Sec. 470f. Effect of Federal undertakings upon property listed in
      National Register; comment by Advisory Council on Historic
      Preservation

STATUTE

      The head of any Federal agency having direct or indirect
    jurisdiction over a proposed Federal or federally assisted
    undertaking in any State and the head of any Federal department or
    independent agency having authority to license any undertaking
    shall, prior to the approval of the expenditure of any Federal
    funds on the undertaking or prior to the issuance of any license,
    as the case may be, take into account the effect of the undertaking
    on any district, site, building, structure, or object that is
    included in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register. The
    head of any such Federal agency shall afford the Advisory Council
    on Historic Preservation established under part B of this
    subchapter a reasonable opportunity to comment with regard to such
    undertaking.

SOURCE

    (Pub. L. 89-665, title I, Sec. 106, Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 917;
    Pub. L. 94-422, title II, Sec. 201(3), Sept. 28, 1976, 90 Stat.
    1320.)

AMENDMENTS

      1976 - Pub. L. 94-422 inserted "or eligible for inclusion in"
    after "included in".

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

      Enforcement functions of Secretary or other official in
    Department of the Interior and such functions of Secretary or other
    official in Department of Agriculture, insofar as they involve
    lands and programs under jurisdiction of that Department, related
    to compliance with historic preservation under sections 470 to
    470a, 470b, and 470c to 470w-6 of this title with respect to pre-
    construction, construction, and initial operation of
    transportation system for Canadian and Alaskan natural gas
    transferred to Federal Inspector, Office of Federal Inspector for
    Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System, until first anniversary
    of date of initial operation of Alaska Natural Gas Transportation
    System, see Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1979, Secs. 102(e), (f), 203(a),
    44 F.R. 33663, 33666, 93 Stat. 1373, 1376, effective July 1, 1979,
    set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and
    Employees. Office of Federal Inspector for the Alaska Natural Gas
    Transportation System abolished and functions and authority vested
    in Inspector transferred to Secretary of Energy by section 3012(b)
    of Pub. L. 102-486, set out as an Abolition of Office of Federal
    Inspector note under section 719e of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.
    Functions and authority vested in Secretary of Energy subsequently
    transferred to Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas
    Transportation Projects by section 720d(f) of Title 15.

REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION

      Pub. L. 104-333, div. I, title V, Sec. 509(b), Nov. 12, 1996, 110
    Stat. 4157, provided that: "Within 18 months after the date of
    enactment of this Act [Nov. 12, 1996], the Advisory Council on
    Historic Preservation shall submit a report to the appropriate
    congressional committees containing an analysis of alternatives for
    modifying the regulatory process for addressing impacts of Federal
    actions on nationally significant historic properties, as well as
    alternatives for future promulgation and oversight of regulations
    for implementation of section 106 of the National Historic
    Preservation Act [16 U.S.C. 470f]."