CITE

    16 USC Sec. 470jj                                           01/08/2008

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    TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
    CHAPTER 1B - ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES PROTECTION

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    Sec. 470jj. Cooperation with private individuals

STATUTE

      The Secretary of the Interior shall take such action as may be
    necessary, consistent with the purposes of this chapter, to foster
    and improve the communication, cooperation, and exchange of
    information between -
        (1) private individuals having collections of archaeological
      resources and data which were obtained before the date of the
      enactment of this chapter, and
        (2) Federal authorities responsible for the protection of
      archaeological resources on the public lands and Indian lands and
      professional archaeologists and associations of professional
      archaeologists.
    In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall, to the extent
    practicable and consistent with the provisions of this chapter,
    make efforts to expand the archaeological data base for the
    archaeological resources of the United States through increased
    cooperation between private individuals referred to in paragraph
    (1) and professional archaeologists and archaeological
    organizations.

SOURCE

    (Pub. L. 96-95, Sec. 11, Oct. 31, 1979, 93 Stat. 727.)