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[CITE: 16USC470f]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
     CHAPTER 1A--HISTORIC SITES, BUILDINGS, OBJECTS, AND ANTIQUITIES
 
              SUBCHAPTER II--NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION
 
                            Part A--Programs
 
Sec. 470f. Effect of Federal undertakings upon property listed 
        in National Register; comment by Advisory Council on Historic 
        Preservation
        
    The head of any Federal agency having direct or indirect 
jurisdiction over a proposed Federal or federally assisted undertaking 
in any State and the head of any Federal department or independent 
agency having authority to license any undertaking shall, prior to the 
approval of the expenditure of any Federal funds on the undertaking or 
prior to the issuance of any license, as the case may be, take into 
account the effect of the undertaking on any district, site, building, 
structure, or object that is included in or eligible for inclusion in 
the National Register. The head of any such Federal agency shall afford 
the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation established under part B 
of this subchapter a reasonable opportunity to comment with regard to 
such undertaking.

(Pub. L. 89-665, title I, Sec. 106, Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 917; Pub. L. 
94-422, title II, Sec. 201(3), Sept. 28, 1976, 90 Stat. 1320.)


                               Amendments

    1976--Pub. L. 94-422 inserted ``or eligible for inclusion in'' after 
``included in''.

                          Transfer of Functions

    Enforcement functions of Secretary or other official in Department 
of the Interior and such functions of Secretary or other official in 
Department of Agriculture, insofar as they involve lands and programs 
under jurisdiction of that Department, related to compliance with 
historic preservation under sections 470 to 470a, 470b, and 470c to 
470w-6 of this title with respect to pre-construction, construction, and 
initial operation of transportation system for Canadian and Alaskan 
natural gas transferred to Federal Inspector, Office of Federal 
Inspector for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System, until first 
anniversary of date of initial operation of Alaska Natural Gas 
Transportation System, see Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1979, Secs. 102(e), (f), 
203(a), 44 F.R. 33663, 33666, 93 Stat. 1373, 1376, effective July 1, 
1979, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and 
Employees. Office of Federal Inspector for the Alaska Natural Gas 
Transportation System abolished and functions and authority vested in 
Inspector transferred to Secretary of Energy by section 3012(b) of Pub. 
L. 102-486, set out as an Abolition of Office of Federal Inspector note 
under section 719e of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.


   Reporting Requirements of Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

    Pub. L. 104-333, div. I, title V, Sec. 509(b), Nov. 12, 1996, 110 
Stat. 4157, provided that: ``Within 18 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act [Nov. 12, 1996], the Advisory Council on Historic 
Preservation shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional 
committees containing an analysis of alternatives for modifying the 
regulatory process for addressing impacts of Federal actions on 
nationally significant historic properties, as well as alternatives for 
future promulgation and oversight of regulations for implementation of 
section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act [16 U.S.C. 
470f].''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 407dd, 470a, 470h-2, 470s, 
470w-3 of this title; title 23 section 133; title 42 section 5320.
