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[CITE: 16USC470j]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
     CHAPTER 1A--HISTORIC SITES, BUILDINGS, OBJECTS, AND ANTIQUITIES
 
              SUBCHAPTER II--NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION
 
            Part B--Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
 
Sec. 470j. Functions of Council; annual report to President and 
        Congress; recommendations
        

(a) Duties

    The Council shall--
        (1) advise the President and the Congress on matters relating to 
    historic preservation; recommend measures to coordinate activities 
    of Federal, State, and local agencies and private institutions and 
    individuals relating to historic preservation; and advise on the 
    dissemination of information pertaining to such activities;
        (2) encourage, in cooperation with the National Trust for 
    Historic Preservation and appropriate private agencies, public 
    interest and participation in historic preservation;
        (3) recommend the conduct of studies in such areas as the 
    adequacy of legislative and administrative statutes and regulations 
    pertaining to historic preservation activities of State and local 
    governments and the effects of tax policies at all levels of 
    government on historic preservation;
        (4) advise as to guidelines for the assistance of State and 
    local governments in drafting legislation relating to historic 
    preservation;
        (5) encourage, in cooperation with appropriate public and 
    private agencies and institutions, training and education in the 
    field of historic preservation;
        (6) review the policies and programs of Federal agencies and 
    recommend to such agencies methods to improve the effectiveness, 
    coordination, and consistency of those policies and programs with 
    the policies and programs carried out under this subchapter; and
        (7) inform and educate Federal agencies, State and local 
    governments, Indian tribes, other nations and international 
    organizations and private groups and individuals as to the Council's 
    authorized activities.

(b) Annual report

    The Council shall submit annually a comprehensive report of its 
activities and the results of its studies to the President and the 
Congress and shall from time to time submit such additional and special 
reports as it deems advisable. Each report shall propose such 
legislative enactments and other actions as, in the judgment of the 
Council, are necessary and appropriate to carry out its recommendations 
and shall provide the Council's assessment of current and emerging 
problems in the field of historic preservation and an evaluation of the 
effectiveness of the programs of Federal agencies, State and local 
governments, and the private sector in carrying out the purposes of this 
subchapter.

(Pub. L. 89-665, title II, Sec. 202, Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 918; Pub. 
L. 96-515, title III, Sec. 301(g), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2999.)


                               Amendments

    1980--Subsec. (a)(6), (7). Pub. L. 96-515, Sec. 301(g)(1), added 
pars. (6) and (7).
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96-515, Sec. 301(g)(2), inserted provision 
requiring in the Council's report an assessment of current and emerging 
problems in the field of historic preservation and an evaluation of the 
effectiveness of the programs of Federal agencies, State and local 
governments, and the private sector.


                  Termination of Reporting Requirements

    For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions in subsec. 
(b) of this section relating to submittal to Congress, annually, of a 
comprehensive report of activities and results of studies, see section 
3003 of Pub. L. 104-66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 
of Title 31, Money and Finance, and page 154 of House Document No. 103-
7.


  Relationship of Federal Tax Laws to Historic Preservation; Report to 
                         President and Congress

    Section 503 of Pub. L. 96-515 directed the Advisory Council on 
Historic Preservation to submit a report, within one year of Dec. 12, 
1980, to the President and the Congress on Federal tax laws relating to 
historic preservation or affecting in any manner historic preservation.
