[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 41, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 41CFR102-79.90]

[Page 148]
 
           TITLE 41--PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
 
               CHAPTER 102--FEDERAL MANAGEMENT REGULATION
 
PART 102-79--ASSIGNMENT AND UTILIZATION OF SPACE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 102-79.90  Are Executive agencies required to give preference to historic properties when acquiring leased space?

    Yes, section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, 
as amended (16 U.S.C. 470h-2), requires that agencies first consider 
historic properties already under agency control. However, the Act also 
provides that prior to acquiring, constructing or leasing new space, and 
subject to the requirements of Section 601 of Title VI of the Rural 
Development Act of 1972, as amended (7 U.S.C. 2204b-1), Executive Order 
13006 and Executive Order 12072, Executive agencies must first consider 
historic properties within historic districts when locating Federal 
facilities. If no such suitable historic property is available, 
Executive agencies must then consider other developed or undeveloped 
sites within historic districts. Finally, Executive agencies must 
consider suitable historic properties outside of historic districts, if 
no suitable site exists within a historic district.