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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 1B — Archaeological Resources Protection

§ 470mm. Surveying of lands; reporting of violations

Statutory text

The Secretaries of the Interior, Agriculture, and Defense and the Chairman of the Board of the Tennessee Valley Authority shall—

(a)

develop plans for surveying lands under their control to determine the nature and extent of archeological resources on those lands;

(b)

prepare a schedule for surveying lands that are likely to contain the most scientifically valuable archeological resources; and

(c)

develop documents for the reporting of suspected violations of this chapter and establish when and how those documents are to be completed by officers, employees, and agents of their respective agencies.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979

    Pub. L. 96–95 § 14 · 93 Stat. 721

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 470mm

    (Pub. L. 96–95, § 14, as added Pub. L. 100–555, Oct. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 2778.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 96–95, § 14, as added Pub. L. 100–555, Oct. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 2778.)

0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Credits

(Pub. L. 96–95, § 14, as added Pub. L. 100–555, , 102 Stat. 2778.)

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