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[CITE: 16USC470-1]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
     CHAPTER 1A--HISTORIC SITES, BUILDINGS, OBJECTS, AND ANTIQUITIES
 
              SUBCHAPTER II--NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION
 
Sec. 470-1. Declaration of policy of the Federal Government

    It shall be the policy of the Federal Government, in cooperation 
with other nations and in partnership with the States, local 
governments, Indian tribes, and private organizations and individuals 
to--
        (1) use measures, including financial and technical assistance, 
    to foster conditions under which our modern society and our 
    prehistoric and historic resources can exist in productive harmony 
    and fulfill the social, economic, and other requirements of present 
    and future generations;
        (2) provide leadership in the preservation of the prehistoric 
    and historic resources of the United States and of the international 
    community of nations and in the administration of the national 
    preservation program in partnership with States, Indian tribes, 
    Native Hawaiians, and local governments;
        (3) administer federally owned, administered, or controlled 
    prehistoric and historic resources in a spirit of stewardship for 
    the inspiration and benefit of present and future generations;
        (4) contribute to the preservation of nonfederally owned 
    prehistoric and historic resources and give maximum encouragement to 
    organizations and individuals undertaking preservation by private 
    means;
        (5) encourage the public and private preservation and 
    utilization of all usable elements of the Nation's historic built 
    environment; and
        (6) assist State and local governments, Indian tribes and Native 
    Hawaiian organizations and the National Trust for Historic 
    Preservation in the United States to expand and accelerate their 
    historic preservation programs and activities.

(Pub. L. 89-665, Sec. 2, as added Pub. L. 96-515, title I, Sec. 101(a), 
Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2988; amended Pub. L. 102-575, title XL, 
Sec. 4002, Oct. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 4753.)


                               Amendments

    1992--Par. (2). Pub. L. 102-575, Sec. 4002(1), inserted ``and in the 
administration of the national preservation program in partnership with 
States, Indian tribes, Native Hawaiians, and local governments'' after 
``community of nations''.
    Par. (6). Pub. L. 102-575, Sec. 4002(2), inserted ``, Indian tribes 
and Native Hawaiian organizations'' after ``local governments''.
