Funding for the Historic Preservation Fund; use and availability; grants for Tribal Historic Preservation officers; additional funding
Division B — Committee on Energy and Natural Resources › Title III — Historic Preservation
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(a) Funding for historic preservation fund Section 303102 of title 54, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 303102. Funding There is authorized to be appropriated for deposit in the Historic Preservation Fund $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2036.. (b) Use and availability Section 303103 of title 54, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 303103. Use and availability Any amounts deposited in the Historic Preservation Fund under section 303102 for fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be made available for expenditure for fiscal year 2028 and each fiscal year thereafter, without further appropriation or fiscal year limitation, to carry out this division (including programs made available from the Historic Preservation Fund).. (c) Grants for tribal historic preservation officers Section 302703 of title 54, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking In consultation and inserting the following: (a) In general In consultation; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (b) Grant program for tribal historic preservation officers (1) In general The Secretary shall establish a competitive grant program under which the Secretary shall award to Tribal Historic Preservation Officers grants to develop an online database to maintain— (A) all records relating to the assumption by the applicable Indian tribe of the functions of the State Historic Preservation Officer under section 302702, including all determinations, findings, or agreements, and all supporting documentation; and (B) a comprehensive list of properties of traditional religious or cultural importance (as defined in section 302706(a)(1)) to the Indian tribe. (2) Coordination required Tribal Historic Preservation Officers shall coordinate with the heads of Federal agencies and State Historic Preservation Officers to establish a system in which the database developed under paragraph (1) may be accessed by relevant Federal officials and State Historic Preservation Officers to conduct consultation under section 306108. (3) Limitation Nothing in this section requires a recipient of a grant under this subsection to disclose information to the public about the location, character, or ownership of a historic property or property of traditional cultural or religious importance if the disclosure of the information may— (A) cause significant harm or risk to the integrity of the property; or (B) in the case of a property of traditional cultural or religious importance, impede the use of the property by practitioners. (4) Review Not later than 90 days after the end of the fiscal year in which funds from a grant are provided to a Tribal Historic Preservation Officer under this subsection, the applicable Tribal Historic Preservation Officer shall submit to the Secretary a report that describes— (A) the use of the funds; and (B) the status of the development of the online database using the grant funds. (5) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this subsection $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2030..