CITE

    16 USC Sec. 470j                                            01/08/2008

EXPCITE

    TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
    CHAPTER 1A - HISTORIC SITES, BUILDINGS, OBJECTS, AND ANTIQUITIES
    SUBCHAPTER II - NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION
    Part B - Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

HEAD

    Sec. 470j. Functions of Council; annual report to President and
      Congress; recommendations

STATUTE

    (a) Duties
      The Council shall -
        (1) advise the President and the Congress on matters relating
      to historic preservation; recommend measures to coordinate
      activities of Federal, State, and local agencies and private
      institutions and individuals relating to historic preservation;
      and advise on the dissemination of information pertaining to such
      activities;
        (2) encourage, in cooperation with the National Trust for
      Historic Preservation and appropriate private agencies, public
      interest and participation in historic preservation;
        (3) recommend the conduct of studies in such areas as the
      adequacy of legislative and administrative statutes and
      regulations pertaining to historic preservation activities of
      State and local governments and the effects of tax policies at
      all levels of government on historic preservation;
        (4) advise as to guidelines for the assistance of State and
      local governments in drafting legislation relating to historic
      preservation;
        (5) encourage, in cooperation with appropriate public and
      private agencies and institutions, training and education in the
      field of historic preservation;
        (6) review the policies and programs of Federal agencies and
      recommend to such agencies methods to improve the effectiveness,
      coordination, and consistency of those policies and programs with
      the policies and programs carried out under this subchapter; and
        (7) inform and educate Federal agencies, State and local
      governments, Indian tribes, other nations and international
      organizations and private groups and individuals as to the
      Council's authorized activities.
    (b) Annual report
      The Council shall submit annually a comprehensive report of its
    activities and the results of its studies to the President and the
    Congress and shall from time to time submit such additional and
    special reports as it deems advisable. Each report shall propose
    such legislative enactments and other actions as, in the judgment
    of the Council, are necessary and appropriate to carry out its
    recommendations and shall provide the Council's assessment of
    current and emerging problems in the field of historic preservation
    and an evaluation of the effectiveness of the programs of Federal
    agencies, State and local governments, and the private sector in
    carrying out the purposes of this subchapter.

SOURCE

    (Pub. L. 89-665, title II, Sec. 202, Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 918;
    Pub. L. 96-515, title III, Sec. 301(g), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat.
    2999.)

AMENDMENTS

      1980 - Subsec. (a)(6), (7). Pub. L. 96-515, Sec. 301(g)(1), added
    pars. (6) and (7).
      Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96-515, Sec. 301(g)(2), inserted provision
    requiring in the Council's report an assessment of current and
    emerging problems in the field of historic preservation and an
    evaluation of the effectiveness of the programs of Federal
    agencies, State and local governments, and the private sector.
                   TERMINATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
      For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions in subsec.
    (b) of this section relating to submittal to Congress, annually, of
    a comprehensive report of activities and results of studies, see
    section 3003 of Pub. L. 104-66, as amended, set out as a note under
    section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance, and page 154 of House
    Document No. 103-7.
     RELATIONSHIP OF FEDERAL TAX LAWS TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION; REPORT
                         TO PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS
      Section 503 of Pub. L. 96-515 directed the Advisory Council on
    Historic Preservation to submit a report, within one year of Dec.
    12, 1980, to the President and the Congress on Federal tax laws
    relating to historic preservation or affecting in any manner
    historic preservation.