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54 USC § 303903 - Preservation education and training program 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t54/s303903"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "54 USC § 303903 - Preservation education and training program"
title_number: 54
title_name: "NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND RELATED PROGRAMS"
section_number: "303903"
section_name: "Preservation education and training program"
chapter_number: 3039
chapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3208.)"
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# § 303903. Preservation education and training program

The Secretary, in consultation with the Council and other appropriate Federal, tribal, Native Hawaiian, and non-Federal organizations, shall develop and implement a comprehensive preservation education and training program. The program shall include—

**(1)** standards and increased preservation training opportunities for Federal workers involved in preservation-related functions;

**(2)** preservation training opportunities for other Federal, State, tribal and local government workers, and students;

**(3)** technical or financial assistance, or both, to historically black colleges and universities, to tribal colleges, and to colleges with a high enrollment of Native Americans or Native Hawaiians, to establish preservation training and degree programs; and

**(4)** where appropriate, coordination with the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training of—

**(A)** distribution of information on preservation technologies;

**(B)** provision of training and skill development in trades, crafts, and disciplines related to historic preservation in Federal training and development programs; and

**(C)** support for research, analysis, conservation, curation, interpretation, and display related to preservation.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3208.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 303903 | 16 U.S.C. 470a(j). | Pub. L. 89–665, title I, § 101(j), as added Pub. L. 102–575, title XL, § 4008, Oct. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 4758. |

In paragraph (1), the word “new” is omitted as unnecessary.

In paragraph (2), the word “increased” is omitted as unnecessary.