2013 US Code
Title 25 - Indians
Chapter 32A - CULTURAL AND HERITAGE COOPERATION AUTHORITY (§§ 3051 - 3057)
Section 3053 - Reburial of human remains and cultural items
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 25 - INDIANS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 25 - INDIANS CHAPTER 32A - CULTURAL AND HERITAGE COOPERATION AUTHORITY Sec. 3053 - Reburial of human remains and cultural items |
| Contains | section 3053 |
| Date | 2013 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 110-234, title VIII, §8103, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1287; Pub. L. 110-246, §4(a), title VIII, §8103, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2049. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 122 Stat. 1287, 1664 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 110-234, Public Law 110-246 |
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In consultation with an affected Indian tribe or lineal descendant, the Secretary may authorize the use of National Forest System land by the Indian tribe or lineal descendant for the reburial of human remains or cultural items in the possession of the Indian tribe or lineal descendant that have been disinterred from National Forest System land or an adjacent site.
(b) ReburialWith the consent of the affected Indian tribe or lineal descendent, the Secretary may recover and rebury, at Federal expense or using other available funds, human remains and cultural items described in subsection (a) at the National Forest System land identified under that subsection.
(c) Authorization of use (1) In generalSubject to paragraph (2), the Secretary may authorize such uses of reburial sites on National Forest System land, or on the National Forest System land immediately surrounding a reburial site, as the Secretary determines to be necessary for management of the National Forest System.
(2) Avoidance of adverse impactsIn carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall avoid adverse impacts to cultural items and human remains, to the maximum extent practicable.
(Pub. L. 110–234, title VIII, §8103, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1287; Pub. L. 110–246, §4(a), title VIII, §8103, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2049.)
CODIFICATIONPub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 enacted identical sections. Pub. L. 110–234 was repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.
DEFINITION OF "SECRETARY""Secretary" as meaning the Secretary of Agriculture, see section 8701 of Title 7, Agriculture.
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