CITE

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

EXPCITE

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

HEAD

    Sec. 470h-1. Acceptance of privately donated funds by Secretary

STATUTE

    (a) Authorization; use of funds
      In furtherance of the purposes of this subchapter, the Secretary
    may accept the donation of funds which may be expended by him for
    projects to acquire, restore, preserve, or recover data from any
    district, building, structure, site, or object which is listed on
    the National Register of Historic Places established pursuant to
    section 470a of this title, so long as the project is owned by a
    State, any unit of local government, or any nonprofit entity.
    (b) Consideration of factors respecting expenditure of funds
      In expending said funds, the Secretary shall give due
    consideration to the following factors: the national significance
    of the project; its historical value to the community; the
    imminence of its destruction or loss; and the expressed intentions
    of the donor. Funds expended under this subsection shall be made
    available without regard to the matching requirements established
    by section 470b of this title but the recipient of such funds shall
    be permitted to utilize them to match any grants from the Historic
    Preservation Fund established by section 470h of this title.
    (c) Transfer of unobligated funds
      The Secretary is hereby authorized to transfer unobligated funds
    previously donated to the Secretary for the purposes of the
    National Park Service, with the consent of the donor, and any funds
    so transferred shall be used or expended in accordance with the
    provisions of this subchapter.

SOURCE

    (Pub. L. 89-665, title I, Sec. 109, as added Pub. L. 96-244, Sec.
    1, May 19, 1980, 94 Stat. 346.)