2021 US Code
Title 25 - Indians
Chapter 32A - Cultural and Heritage Cooperation Authority
Sec. 3053 - Reburial of human remains and cultural items
| 25 U.S.C. § 3053 (2021) |
| §3053. Reburial of human remains and cultural items |
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(a) Reburial sites
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. In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall avoid adverse impacts to cultural items and human remains, to the maximum extent practicable. |
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(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.) |
| EDITORIAL NOTES
CODIFICATION
Pub. 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 L. 110–234 was repealed by section 4(a) of Pub.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. STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES EFFECTIVE DATE Section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 8701 of Title 7, Agriculture. DEFINITION OF "SECRETARY""Secretary" as meaning the Secretary of Agriculture, see section 8701 of Title 7, Agriculture. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 25 - INDIANS |
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| Title 25 - INDIANS CHAPTER 32A - CULTURAL AND HERITAGE COOPERATION AUTHORITY Sec. 3053 - Reburial of human remains and cultural items |
| section 3053 |
| 2021 |
| January 3, 2022 |
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| 122 Stat. 1287, 1664 |
| Public Law 110-234, Public Law 110-246 |
