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title: "54 U.S.C. § 300315"
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title_number: 54
title_name: "NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND RELATED PROGRAMS"
chapter_number: "3003"
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# 54 U.S.C. § 300315 - Preservation or historic preservation

## Text

In this division, the term “preservation” or “historic preservation” includes—

(1) identification, evaluation, recordation, documentation, curation, acquisition, protection, management, rehabilitation, restoration, stabilization, maintenance, research, interpretation, and conservation;

(2) education and training regarding the foregoing activities; or

(3) any combination of the foregoing activities.

(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3190.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 30031516 U.S.C. 470w(8).Pub. L. 89–665, title III, § 301(8), as added Pub. L. 96–515, title V, § 501, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 3001; Pub. L. 102–575, title XL, § 4019(a)(6), Oct. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 4764.