CITE

    16 USC Sec. 470ii                                           01/08/2008

EXPCITE

    TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
    CHAPTER 1B - ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES PROTECTION

HEAD

    Sec. 470ii. Rules and regulations; intergovernmental coordination

STATUTE

    (a) Promulgation; effective date
      The Secretaries of the Interior, Agriculture and Defense and the
    Chairman of the Board of the Tennessee Valley Authority, after
    consultation with other Federal land managers, Indian tribes,
    representatives of concerned State agencies, and after public
    notice and hearing, shall promulgate such uniform rules and
    regulations as may be appropriate to carry out the purposes of this
    chapter. Such rules and regulations may be promulgated only after
    consideration of the provisions of the American Indian Religious
    Freedom Act (92 Stat. 469; 42 U.S.C. 1996 [, 1996a]). Each uniform
    rule or regulation promulgated under this chapter shall be
    submitted on the same calendar day to the Committee on Energy and
    Natural Resources of the United States Senate and to the Committee
    on Natural Resources of the United States House of Representatives,
    and no such uniform rule or regulation may take effect before the
    expiration of a period of ninety calendar days following the date
    of its submission to such Committees.
    (b) Federal land managers' rules
      Each Federal land manager shall promulgate such rules and
    regulations, consistent with the uniform rules and regulations
    under subsection (a) of this section, as may be appropriate for the
    carrying out of his functions and authorities under this chapter.
    (c) Federal land managers' public awareness program of
      archaeological resources on public lands and Indian lands
      Each Federal land manager shall establish a program to increase
    public awareness of the significance of the archaeological
    resources located on public lands and Indian lands and the need to
    protect such resources.

SOURCE

    (Pub. L. 96-95, Sec. 10, Oct. 31, 1979, 93 Stat. 727; Pub. L. 100-
    588, Sec. 1(d), Nov. 3, 1988, 102 Stat. 2983; Pub. L. 103-437,
    Sec. 6(d)(30), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4584; Pub. L. 104-333, div.
    I, title VIII, Sec. 814(d)(2)(A), Nov. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 4196.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

      The American Indian Religious Freedom Act, referred to in subsec.
    (a), is Pub. L. 95-341, Aug. 11, 1978, 92 Stat. 469, as amended,
    which is classified to sections 1996 and 1996a of Title 42, The
    Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act
    to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1996 of
    Title 42 and Tables.

AMENDMENTS

      1996 - Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104-333 struck out at end "Each such
    land manager shall submit an annual report to the Committee on
    Natural Resources of the United States House of Representatives and
    to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United
    States Senate regarding the actions taken under such program."
      1994 - Subsecs. (a), (c). Pub. L. 103-437 substituted "Natural
    Resources" for "Interior and Insular Affairs" after "Committee on".
      1988 - Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100-588 added subsec. (c).