16 U.S.C. § 410ii–4 — Cooperative agreements for the protection, preservation, and maintenance of archeological resources
submitted 46 years ago by Pub. L. 96-550 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 157 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary must try to make cooperative agreements with owners of protection-site land to protect, preserve, and maintain its archeological resources, whether or not the government owns the land. Agreements must let the Secretary access the site for research and require the Secretary's written consent before any change to the resources, without stopping traditional Native American religious use.
The Secretary must try to make cooperative agreements with the owners, including beneficial owners, of property located wholly or partly inside the park or the archeological protection sites. These agreements aim to protect, preserve, maintain, and administer the archeological resources and connected sites, whether or not the United States holds title to the land. Every such agreement must guarantee that (1) the Secretary, or a representative, may reasonably access relevant parts of the property to protect cultural resources and do research, and (2) no change may be made to the cultural resources without the Secretary's written consent. Nothing in this subchapter stops the continued traditional Native American religious use of properties covered by these agreements.
The Secretary shall seek to enter into cooperative agreements with the owners, including the beneficial owners, of the properties located in whole in or in part within the park or the archeological protection sites. The purposes of such agreements shall be to protect, preserve, maintain, and administer the archeological resources and associated site regardless of whether title to the property or site is vested in the United States. Any such agreement shall contain provisions to assure that (1) the Secretary, or his representative, shall have a right of access at all reasonable times to appropriate portions of the property for the purpose of cultural resource protection and conducting research, and (2) no changes or alterations shall be permitted with respect to the cultural resources without the written consent of the Secretary. Nothing in this subchapter shall be deemed to prevent the continuation of traditional Native American religious uses of properties which are the subject of cooperative agreements.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 96–550, title V, § 505, Dec. 19, 1980, 94 Stat. 3229.)
- 1980Enacted · Pub. L. 96-550 · 94 Stat. 3229
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