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. 470r. Transmittal of legislative recommendations, or
testimony, or comments, to any officer or agency of the United
States prior to submission thereof to Congress; prohibition
STATUTE
No officer or agency of the United States shall have any
authority to require the Council to submit its legislative
recommendations, or testimony, or comments on legislation to any
officer or agency of the United States for approval, comments, or
review, prior to the submission of such recommendations, testimony,
or comments to the Congress. In instances in which the Council
voluntarily seeks to obtain the comments or review of any officer
or agency of the United States, the Council shall include a
description of such actions in its legislative recommendations,
testimony, or comments on legislation which it transmits to the
Congress.
SOURCE
(Pub. L. 89-665, title II, Sec. 210, as added Pub. L. 94-422, title
II, Sec. 201(9), Sept. 28, 1976, 90 Stat. 1322; amended Pub. L. 96-
515, title III, Sec. 301(k), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2999.)
AMENDMENTS
1980 - Pub. L. 96-515 struck out provision requiring the Council,
whenever it transmits any legislative recommendations, or
testimony, or comments on legislation to the President or Office of
Management and Budget, to concurrently transmit copies thereof to
the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and the Senate
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
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