18 U.S.C. § 1170 — Illegal trafficking in Native American human remains and cultural items
submitted 36 years ago by Pub. L. 101-601 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 158 words · no verdicts yet
This section sets rules about illegal trafficking in native american human remains and cultural items. It states the duties, permissions, limits, exceptions, or procedures that apply to that subject.
(a) Whoever knowingly sells, purchases, uses for profit, or transports for sale or profit, the human remains of a Native American without the right of possession to those remains as provided in the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act must be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more than 1 year and 1 day, or both, and for a second or subsequent violation, be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.
(b) Whoever knowingly sells, purchases, uses for profit, or transports for sale or profit any Native American cultural items obtained in violation of the Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act must be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than one year, or both, and for a second or subsequent violation, be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.
Whoever knowingly sells, purchases, uses for profit, or transports for sale or profit, the human remains of a Native American without the right of possession to those remains as provided in the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act shall be fined in accordance with this title, or imprisoned not more than 1 year and 1 day, or both, and in the case of a second or subsequent violation, be fined in accordance with this title, or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.
Whoever knowingly sells, purchases, uses for profit, or transports for sale or profit any Native American cultural items obtained in violation of the Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act shall be fined in accordance with this title, imprisoned not more than one year, or both, and in the case of a second or subsequent violation, be fined in accordance with this title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 101–601, § 4(a), Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3052; amended Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330010(4), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2143; Pub. L. 117–258, § 4, Dec. 21, 2022, 136 Stat. 2374.)
- 1990Enacted · Pub. L. 101-601 · 104 Stat. 3052
- 1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 2143
- 2022Amended · Pub. L. 117-258 · 136 Stat. 2374
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 101-601 on 1990-11-16.
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