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[CITE: 16USC430g-7]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
                 SUBCHAPTER LX--NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS
 
Sec. 430g-7. Conservation within Gettysburg Battlefield historic 
        district
        

(a) Encouragement of conservation

    The Secretary shall take appropriate action to encourage 
conservation of the historic district by landowners, local governments, 
organizations, and businesses.

(b) Prioritization of grants

    Within the historic district, the Secretary shall give priority in 
making grants under section 101(d), and in providing technical 
assistance, information, and advice under section 101(h), of the 
National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470a(d), (h)) to those 
programs and activities in the historic district that will assure 
development and use of natural and cultural resources in a manner that 
is consistent with the conservation and maintenance of the district's 
historic character.

(c) Provision of technical assistance

    The Secretary may provide technical assistance to assist local 
governments in cooperative efforts which complement the values of the 
park and the historic district and to help landowners prepare individual 
property plans which meet landowner and conservation objectives in the 
historic district.

(d) Reimbursement of planning costs

    The Secretary, under such terms and conditions as the Secretary may 
prescribe and at the request of any local or county government within 
the historic district, shall provide matching reimbursements for up to 
50 percent of the planning costs incurred by such government in the 
development of comprehensive plans and land use guidelines which are 
consistent with conserving the historic character of the historic 
district. Reimbursements may only be provided under this subsection to 
the extent or in such amounts as are provided in appropriation Acts.

(e) Acceptance of easement donations

    The Secretary, upon recommendation from the Director of the National 
Park Service, in consultation with the Advisory Commission established 
under section 430g-8 of this title, is authorized to accept donations of 
conservation easements on land located within the historic district.

(f) Federal consistency

    (1) Any Federal or federally assisted activity or undertaking in the 
historic district, shall be consistent to the maximum extent possible 
with the purposes of the preservation of the historic district, 
including its rural, agricultural, and town elements, and shall also 
comply with the National Historic Preservation Act [16 U.S.C. 470 et 
seq.] and other applicable laws.
    (2) The head of any Federal agency (hereafter in this subsection 
referred to as the ``agency'') having direct or indirect jurisdiction 
over a proposed Federal or federally assisted undertaking in the 
historic district, and the head of any Federal agency having authority 
to license or permit any undertaking in such area, shall at the earliest 
feasible date prepare a detailed analysis of any proposed action and 
submit it to the Secretary.
    (3) The Secretary shall review the analysis and consult with the 
agency. If after such review and consultation, the Secretary finds that 
the proposed action is not consistent with the purposes identified in 
this subsection, the agency shall not proceed with the action until 
after a justification for the action has been submitted to the 
appropriate committees of Congress with adequate time allowed for 
Congressional comment. Such justification shall include the following 
elements: the anticipated effects on the historic and commemorative 
character of the historic district, the social and economic necessity 
for the proposed action, all possible alternatives to the proposed 
action, the comparative benefits of proposed alternative actions, and 
the mitigation measures outlined in the proposed action.

(Pub. L. 101-377, Sec. 4, Aug. 17, 1990, 104 Stat. 465.)

                       References in Text

    The National Historic Preservation Act, referred to in subsec. 
(f)(1), is Pub. L. 89-665, Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 915, as amended, 
which is classified generally to subchapter II (Sec. 470 et seq.) of 
chapter 1A of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the 
Code, see section 470(a) of this title and Tables.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 430g-4, 430g-5, 430g-8, 
430g-10 of this title.
