2011 US Code
Title 25 - Indians
Chapter 32A - CULTURAL AND HERITAGE COOPERATION AUTHORITY (§§ 3051 - 3057)
Section 3052 - Definitions
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, 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. 3052 - Definitions |
Contains | section 3052 |
Date | 2011 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 110-234, title VIII, §8102, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1287; Pub. L. 110-246, §4(a), title VIII, §8102, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2048. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 122 Stat. 1287, 1664 |
Public Law References | Public Law 110-234, Public Law 110-246 |
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In this chapter:
(1) Adjacent siteThe term “adjacent site” means a site that borders a boundary line of National Forest System land.
(2) Cultural itemsThe term “cultural items” has the meaning given the term in section 3001 of this title, except that the term does not include human remains.
(3) Human remainsThe term “human remains” means the physical remains of the body of a person of Indian ancestry.
(4) IndianThe term “Indian” means an individual who is a member of an Indian tribe.
(5) Indian tribeThe term “Indian tribe” means any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, or other community the name of which is included on a list published by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to section 479a–1 of this title.
(6) Lineal descendantThe term “lineal descendant” means an individual that can trace, directly and without interruption, the ancestry of the individual through the traditional kinship system of an Indian tribe, or through the common law system of descent, to a known Indian, the human remains, funerary objects, or other sacred objects of whom are claimed by the individual.
(7) National Forest SystemThe term “National Forest System” has the meaning given the term in section 1609(a) of title 16.
(8) Reburial siteThe term “reburial site” means a specific physical location at which cultural items or human remains are reburied.
(9) Traditional and cultural purposeThe term “traditional and cultural purpose”, with respect to a definable use, area, or practice, means that the use, area, or practice is identified by an Indian tribe as traditional or cultural because of the long-established significance or ceremonial nature of the use, area, or practice to the Indian tribe.
(Pub. L. 110–234, title VIII, §8102, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1287; Pub. L. 110–246, §4(a), title VIII, §8102, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2048.)
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.
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