HR5182-119

What This Bill Does

This bill corrects the enactment of title 54, the National Park Service and related programs title of the United States Code. It revives or corrects source-law language connected to the National Historic Preservation Act, Public Law 91-383, and the Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Act where the positive-law codification needs adjustment.

The bill also provides transitional and savings rules. A restated provision replaces source law enacted on or before July 30, 2025, later laws that amend or repeal a source provision are treated as amending or repealing the corresponding restated provision, and regulations, orders, administrative actions, references, actions, offenses, rights, duties, and proceedings continue under the restated provisions. The repeal schedule removes superseded public-land and park statutes while preserving matured rights, incurred penalties, and proceedings begun before enactment.

Who Benefits and How

The Office of the Law Revision Counsel benefits from corrected title 54 source-law treatment. National Park Service legal staff benefit from clearer treatment of park, recreation, and historic-preservation authorities. Historic preservation offices benefit from revived or corrected National Historic Preservation Act language. Urban park and recreation program administrators benefit from corrected source-law schedules. Legal publishers and public-land lawyers benefit from clearer transition rules.

Who Bears the Burden and How

National Park Service counsel must update manuals and references to title 54 restated provisions. Historic preservation program staff must verify how revived language maps to current law. Legal publishers must revise annotations and repeal schedules. Agency counsel must apply savings rules for matured rights, incurred penalties, and pending proceedings. Public-land lawyers must confirm that later laws are mapped to corresponding restated provisions.

Key Provisions

• Amends title 54 source-law treatment for National Historic Preservation Act and related public-land provisions.
• Revives specified Public Law 91-383 and Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Act language omitted or altered by prior codification.
• Provides transitional rules linking source provisions and restated title 54 provisions.
• Preserves regulations, orders, administrative actions, actions taken, offenses committed, rights, duties, penalties, and proceedings.
• Repeals superseded park, recreation, public-land, and historic-preservation provisions subject to savings protections.