An Act To establish a program for the preservation of additional historic properties throughout the Nation, and for other purposes

The Congress finds and declares that it is necessary and appropriate for the Federal Government to accelerate its programs and activities, to give maximum encouragement to agencies and individuals undertaking by private means, and to assist State and local governments and the National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States to expand and accelerate their programs and activities. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to expand and maintain the National Register, to establish a program of matching grants-in-aid to States, and to establish a program of matching grant-in-aid to the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The term historic preservation includes the protection, rehabilitation, restoration, and reconstruction of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects significant in American history, architecture, archeology, or culture. There is established an Advisory Council on Historic Preservation which shall be composed of seventeen members. 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. The Director of the National Park Service or his designee shall be the Executive Director of the Council.