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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 2448
5	5	To direct the Secretary of Interior to submit to Congress a report on the
6	6	National Park Service’s interpretation and application of the Standards
7	7	for Rehabilitation for use of the Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incen-
8	8	tives program.
9	9	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
10	10	MARCH27, 2025
11	11	Mr. M
12	12	AGAZINERintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the
13	13	Committee on Ways and Means
14	14	A BILL
15	15	To direct the Secretary of Interior to submit to Congress
16	16	a report on the National Park Service’s interpretation
17	17	and application of the Standards for Rehabilitation for
18	18	use of the Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives
19	19	program.
20	20	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
21	21	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
22	22	SECTION 1. REPORT. 3
23	23	(a) I
24	24	NGENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 4
25	25	date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall sub-5
26	26	mit a report on the Service’s interpretation and applica-6
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29	29	•HR 2448 IH
30	30	tion of the Secretary’s Standards for Rehabilitation per-1
31	31	taining to use of the Program to— 2
32	32	(1) the Committee on Natural Resources of the 3
33	33	House of Representatives; and 4
34	34	(2) the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-5
35	35	sources of the Senate. 6
36	36	(b) C
37	37	ONTENTS.—The report required under sub-7
38	38	section (a) shall include the following: 8
39	39	(1) Data on the processing of Program Applica-9
40	40	tions during the 10 years immediately before the 10
41	41	date of the enactment of this Act, including— 11
42	42	(A) the average time a Program Applica-12
43	43	tion is in the system, from the date it is sub-13
44	44	mitted to the State Historic Preservation Office 14
45	45	by the applicant until it is approved or denied 15
46	46	by the Service, presented by project size, type, 16
47	47	and parts 1, 2, and 3 of the Program Applica-17
48	48	tion; and 18
49	49	(B) the annual average number of— 19
50	50	(i) hold notices annually; 20
51	51	(ii) conditions placed on the approval 21
52	52	under part 2 of the Program Application; 22
53	53	(iii) denied applications; 23
54	54	(iv) projects approved under part 2 of 24
55	55	the Program Application; and 25
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59	59	(v) Program Applications withdrawn. 1
60	60	(2) A description of the following: 2
61	61	(A) Areas of improvement to and rec-3
62	62	ommendations for the Standards to remove bar-4
63	63	riers to the development of affordable housing 5
64	64	while safeguarding Federal historic preserva-6
65	65	tion. 7
66	66	(B) Opportunities for the Secretary to up-8
67	67	date or provide additional guidance to facili-9
68	68	tate— 10
69	69	(i) the conversion of nonresidential 11
70	70	buildings into housing; 12
71	71	(ii) the remediation of environmental, 13
72	72	health, and safety hazards; 14
73	73	(iii) inclusion of energy efficient up-15
74	74	grades and integration of sustainability 16
75	75	features; 17
76	76	(iv) access for persons with disabil-18
77	77	ities; and 19
78	78	(v) removal of other barriers to use 20
79	79	raised by users and beneficiaries of the 21
80	80	Program. 22
81	81	(C) The specific steps the Service has 23
82	82	taken in the 10 years immediately before the 24
83	83	date of the enactment of this Act to improve or 25
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87	87	clarify the interpretation of the Standards to 1
88	88	support affordable housing development. 2
89	89	(D) The most frequent issues that Pro-3
90	90	gram users, State reviewers, and other stake-4
91	91	holders raise when developing affordable hous-5
92	92	ing projects and the steps the Service has taken 6
93	93	to address those issues, including details of the 7
94	94	process of the Service for soliciting, collecting, 8
95	95	and incorporating feedback on the Service inter-9
96	96	pretation of the Standards. 10
97	97	(E) The process that the Service uses to 11
98	98	decide when to update guidance, including 12
99	99	guidelines, preservation briefs, bulletins regard-13
100	100	ing interpretation of the Standards, and tax-in-14
101	101	centive guidance, for implementing the Stand-15
102	102	ards and whether resource limitations are af-16
103	103	fecting the ability of the Service to update such 17
104	104	guidance. 18
105	105	(3) Recommendations of the Secretary regard-19
106	106	ing updates and improvements that can be made to 20
107	107	the Standards and the implementation by the Serv-21
108	108	ice of the Standards and accompanying guidelines 22
109	109	to— 23
110	110	(A) make the Program more compatible 24
111	111	with affordable housing needs; 25
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115	115	(B) ensure historic properties are protected 1
116	116	from climate risk; and 2
117	117	(C) take into consideration economic and 3
118	118	technical feasibility. 4
119	119	(c) D
120	120	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 5
121	121	(1) P
122	122	ROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ means 6
123	123	the Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives 7
124	124	program. 8
125	125	(2) P
126	126	ROGRAM APPLICATION .—The term ‘‘Pro-9
127	127	gram Application’’ means the Historic Preservation 10
128	128	Certification Application. 11
129	129	(3) S
130	130	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 12
131	131	the Secretary of the Interior. 13
132	132	(4) S
133	133	ERVICE.—The term ‘‘Service’’ means the 14
134	134	National Park Service. 15
135	135	(5) S
136	136	TANDARDS.—The term ‘‘Standards’’ 16
137	137	means the Department of the Interior’s Standards 17
138	138	for Rehabilitation for the Federal Historic Preserva-18
139	139	tion Tax Incentives program under part 67 of title 19
140	140	36, Code of Federal Regulations. 20
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