United States · Bill · S
S. 1579 (101st)
National Historic Preservation Policy Act of 1989
Introduced
4 August 1989
Last action
24 July 1990 · Committee
Status
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources received executive comment from Department of Agriculture. Unfavorable.
Sponsors
Sen. Fowler, Wyche, Jr. [D-GA], Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD], Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM], Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT], Sen. Simpson, Alan K. [R-WY]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
24 March 2026
Summary
National Historic Preservation Policy Act of 1989 - Amends the National Historic Preservation Act to revise its findings and policy statement. Title I: Federal Historic Preservation Programs - Amends the National Historic Preservation Act with respect to: (1) Federal Government-wide historic preservation responsibilities; (2) Federal agency preservation compliance requirements; (3) avoidable destruction or disruption of historic properties by a Federal undertaking; (4) payment of preservation costs; (5) confidentiality of certain information about historic resources; (6) Federal leasing of historic property; (7) the international historic preservation responsibilities of Federal agencies; (8) expansion and maintenance of the National Register of Historic Places; and (9) archaeological resources of critical importance. Makes conforming amendments to the Historic Sites Act. Amends the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 to: (1) revise procedures for granting permits for archaeology on Federal and Indian lands; (2) prohibit certain unauthorized archaeological activities and transactions involving such lands; (3) establish criminal penalties for violations of such prohibitions; (4) require the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation to establish national priorities for archaeological research; (5) direct the Advisory Council to call for and organize U.S. participation in an international conference on the international antiquities trade; (6) require the Advisory Council to establish professional qualifications and performance standards for archaeologists under contracts with the United States or beneficiaries of Federal assistance; (7) require each State historic preservation program to have a plan dealing with archaeology on private land; (8) direct each Federal agency and every federally-assisted State, local, and tribal historic preservation program to adopt Advisory Council policies and procedures regarding human remains and associated grave goods that may be disturbed by land development, natural causes, archaeological excavations, and so forth; (9) direct the Advisory Council to establish a program for the registration of artifacts removed from archaeological sites domestic and foreign; and (10) require the Advisory Council to establish an Archaeology Advisory Board. Amends the Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1987 to assert U.S. title to shipwrecks and archaeological resources embedded in or lying on the seabed in the Exclusive Economic Zone. Title II: State Historic Preservation Programs - Amends the National Historic Preservation Act to revise requirements for State historic preservation programs. Title III; Tribal Historic Preservation Programs - Amends the National Historic Preservation Act to establish requirements for tribal historic preservation programs. Title IV: Local Historic Preservation Programs - Amends the National Historic Preservation Act to revise requirements for local historic preservation programs. Title V: Education and Training - Amends the National Historic Preservation Act to revise requirements for a comprehensive preservation education and training program.
This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.
Timeline
4 August 1989
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Source: IntroReferral
4 August 1989
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
5 August 1989
Referred
Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks.
Source: Committee
18 January 1990
Committee
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources requested executive comment from Department of the Interior, and the Office of Management and Budget.
Source: Committee
31 January 1990
Committee
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources requested executive comment from Department of the Interior, and Office of Management and Budget.
Source: Committee
1 February 1990
Committee
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources requested executive comment from U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Office of Management and Budget.
Source: Committee
22 February 1990
Committee
Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 101-721.
Source: Committee
24 July 1990
Committee
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources received executive comment from Department of Agriculture. Unfavorable.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · — · Download file
Documents
2 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
This file cannot be previewed here. Use View or Download.
Leesvertaling
Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.
Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 4 August 1989
Leesvertaling
Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.
Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.
Sponsors
- Sen. Fowler, Wyche, Jr. [D-GA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Simpson, Alan K. [R-WY] · R · Cosponsor
- · sseg00 · Standing
Related records
No cross-record relationships stored yet.
Sources
PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.
- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/101st-congress/senate-bill/1579
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/101/s/1579
- us · 101-s-1579 · source updated 24 March 2026