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To direct the Secretary of Interior to submit to Congress a report on the National Park Service's interpretation and application of the Standards for Rehabilitation for use of the Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives program.
To direct the Secretary of Interior to submit to Congress a report on the National Park Service's interpretation and application of the Standards for Rehabilitation for use of the Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives program.
Summary
This bill directs the Secretary of the Interior to submit a report to Congress within one year analyzing how the National Park Service has interpreted and applied the Standards for Rehabilitation under the Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives program. The report must include processing data from the past ten years, such as average application review times, the number of approved and denied applications, and other administrative metrics broken down by project type and application stage. The report must also describe barriers to affordable housing development that the program creates and recommend improvements to the Standards and guidance to support affordable housing conversion, environmental remediation, energy efficiency upgrades, accessibility for persons with disabilities, and other development needs. The Secretary must identify how the Service has worked to clarify the Standards for affordable housing projects and what feedback from users and stakeholders has been collected. The report must include recommendations for updating the Standards to better balance historic preservation with affordable housing needs and climate resilience, taking economic and technical feasibility into account.
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- Mar 27, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. · house
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 27, 2025
Mr. Magaziner introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Interior to submit to Congress a report on the National Park Service’s interpretation and application of the Standards for Rehabilitation for use of the Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REPORT.
(a) In General.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report on the Service’s interpretation and application of the Secretary’s Standards for Rehabilitation pertaining to use of the Program to—
(1) the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives; and
(2) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate.
(b) Contents.—The report required under subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) Data on the processing of Program Applications during the 10 years immediately before the date of the enactment of this Act, including—
(A) the average time a Program Application is in the system, from the date it is submitted to the State Historic Preservation Office by the applicant until it is approved or denied by the Service, presented by project size, type, and parts 1, 2, and 3 of the Program Application; and
(B) the annual average number of—
(i) hold notices annually;
(ii) conditions placed on the approval under part 2 of the Program Application;
(iii) denied applications;
(iv) projects approved under part 2 of the Program Application; and
(v) Program Applications withdrawn.
(2) A description of the following:
(A) Areas of improvement to and recommendations for the Standards to remove barriers to the development of affordable housing while safeguarding Federal historic preservation.
(B) Opportunities for the Secretary to update or provide additional guidance to facilitate—
(i) the conversion of nonresidential buildings into housing;
(ii) the remediation of environmental, health, and safety hazards;
(iii) inclusion of energy efficient upgrades and integration of sustainability features;
(iv) access for persons with disabilities; and
(v) removal of other barriers to use raised by users and beneficiaries of the Program.
(C) The specific steps the Service has taken in the 10 years immediately before the date of the enactment of this Act to improve or clarify the interpretation of the Standards to support affordable housing development.
(D) The most frequent issues that Program users, State reviewers, and other stakeholders raise when developing affordable housing projects and the steps the Service has taken to address those issues, including details of the process of the Service for soliciting, collecting, and incorporating feedback on the Service interpretation of the Standards.
(E) The process that the Service uses to decide when to update guidance, including guidelines, preservation briefs, bulletins regarding interpretation of the Standards, and tax-incentive guidance, for implementing the Standards and whether resource limitations are affecting the ability of the Service to update such guidance.
(3) Recommendations of the Secretary regarding updates and improvements that can be made to the Standards and the implementation by the Service of the Standards and accompanying guidelines to—
(A) make the Program more compatible with affordable housing needs;
(B) ensure historic properties are protected from climate risk; and
(C) take into consideration economic and technical feasibility.
(c) Definitions.—In this section:
(1) Program.—The term “Program” means the Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives program.
(2) Program application.—The term “Program Application” means the Historic Preservation Certification Application.
(3) Secretary.—The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior.
(4) Service.—The term “Service” means the National Park Service.
(5) Standards.—The term “Standards” means the Department of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation for the Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives program under part 67 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations. <all>
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