[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR65.1]

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              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
      CHAPTER I--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 65_NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARKS PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 65.1  Purpose and authority.

    The purpose of the National Historic Landmarks Program is to 
identify and designate National Historic Landmarks, and encourage the 
long range preservation of nationally significant properties that 
illustrate or commemorate the history and prehistory of the United 
States. These regulations set forth the criteria for establishing 
national significance and the procedures used by the Department of the 
Interior for conducting the National Historic Landmarks Program.
    (a) In the Historic Sites Act of 1935 (45 Stat. 666, 16 U.S.C. 461 
et seq.) the Congress declared that it is a national policy to preserve 
for public use historic sites, buildings and objects of national 
significance for the inspiration and benefit of the people of the United 
States and
    (b) To implement the policy, the Act authorizes the Secretary of the 
Interior to perform the following duties and functions, among others:
    (1) To make a survey of historic and archeological sites, buildings 
and objects for the purpose of determining which possess exceptional 
value as commemorating or illustrating the history of the United States;
    (2) To make necessary investigations and researches in the United 
States relating to particular sites, buildings or objects to obtain true 
and accurate historical and archeological facts and information 
concerning the same; and
    (3) To erect and maintain tablets to mark or commemorate historic or 
prehistoric places and events of national historical or archeological 
significance.
    (c) The National Park Service (NPS) administers the National 
Historic Landmarks Program on behalf of the Secretary.

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