National Historic Preservation Act

National Historic Preservation Act

Other short titles	National Historic Preservation Act of 1966
Long title	An Act to establish a program for the preservation of additional historic properties throughout the Nation, and for other purposes.
Acronyms (colloquial)	NHPA
Enacted by	the 89th United States Congress
Effective	October 15, 1966
Citations
Public law	89-665
Statutes at Large	80 Stat. 915
Codification
Titles amended	54 U.S.C.: National Park Service and Related Programs
U.S.C. sections created	16 U.S.C. ch. 1A, subch. II; § 470
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S. 3035 by Henry M. Jackson (D-WA) on March 7, 1966 Committee consideration by Senate Interior and Insular Affairs, House Interior and Insular Affairs Passed the Senate on July 11, 1966 (passed) Passed the House on October 10, 1966 (passed) with amendment Senate agreed to House amendment on October 11, 1966 (agreed) Signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on October 15, 1966

The National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA, Pub. L. 89–665, 80 Stat. 915) is legislation intended to preserve historic and archaeological sites in the United States of America. The act created the National Register of Historic Places, the list of National Historic Landmarks, and the State Historic Preservation Offices.

Senate Bill 3035, the National Historic Preservation Act, was signed into law on October 15, 1966, and is the most far-reaching preservation legislation ever enacted in the United States. Several amendments have been made since. Among other things, the act requires federal agencies to evaluate the impact of all federally funded or permitted projects on historic properties (buildings, archaeological sites, etc.) through a process known as Section 106 Review.

Many of the historic preservation provisions that had been in 16 U.S.C. are present in 54 U.S.C. §§ 300101–320303 by Pub. L. 113–287 (text) (PDF), which was signed into law on December 19, 2014.