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    16 USC Sec. 470x-2                                          01/08/2008

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    TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
    CHAPTER 1A - HISTORIC SITES, BUILDINGS, OBJECTS, AND ANTIQUITIES
    SUBCHAPTER II - NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION
    Part D - National Center for Preservation Technology and Training

HEAD

    Sec. 470x-2. Establishment of National Center

STATUTE

    (a) Establishment
      There is hereby established within the Department of the Interior
    a National Center for Preservation Technology and Training. The
    Center shall be located at Northwestern State University of
    Louisiana in Natchitoches, Louisiana.
    (b) Purposes
      The purposes of the Center shall be to -
        (1) develop and distribute preservation and conservation skills
      and technologies for the identification, evaluation,
      conservation, and interpretation of prehistoric and historic
      resources;
        (2) develop and facilitate training for Federal, State and
      local resource preservation professionals, cultural resource
      managers, maintenance personnel, and others working in the
      preservation field;
        (3) take steps to apply preservation technology benefits from
      ongoing research by other agencies and institutions;
        (4) facilitate the transfer of preservation technology among
      Federal agencies, State and local governments, universities,
      international organizations, and the private sector; and
        (5) cooperate with related international organizations
      including, but not limited to the International Council on
      Monuments and Sites, the International Center for the Study of
      Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property, and the
      International Council on Museums.
    (c) Programs
      Such purposes shall be carried out through research, professional
    training, technical assistance, and programs for public awareness,
    and through a program of grants established under section 470x-4 of
    this title.
    (d) Executive Director
      The Center shall be headed by an Executive Director with
    demonstrated expertise in historic preservation appointed by the
    Secretary with advice of the Board.
    (e) Assistance from Secretary
      The Secretary shall provide the Center assistance in obtaining
    such personnel, equipment, and facilities as may be needed by the
    Center to carry out its activities.

SOURCE

    (Pub. L. 89-665, title IV, Sec. 403, as added Pub. L. 102-575,
    title XL, Sec. 4022, Oct. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 4766.)