[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 36, Volume 1] [Revised as of July 1, 2001] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 36CFR18.1] [Page 230] TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY CHAPTER I--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR PART 18--LEASES AND EXCHANGES OF HISTORIC PROPERTY--Table of Contents Sec. 18.1 Authority. Section 207 of the National Historic Preservation Act Amendments of December 12, 1980, Pub. L. 96-515, 94 Stat. 2997, amends the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, 16 U.S.C. 470 et seq., by adding a new section 111. Section 111(a) authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to lease historic property owned by the Department of the Interior or to exchange certain property owned by the Department of the Interior with certain comparable non-federally owned historic property in order to ensure the preservation of the historic property. Section 111(b) provides that proceeds from such leases of an historic property may be retained by the agency to defray the cost of administering, maintaining, repairing, or otherwise preserving the property or other properties on the National Register. The Secretary must consult with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation before taking an action pursuant to this part.