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Title 54 — National Park Service and Related ProgramsRelease 119-73

§312504 Progress reports by Secretary on surveys and work undertaken as result of surveys

Title 54 › Subtitle Subtitle III— - National Preservation Programs › Chapter CHAPTER 3125— - PRESERVATION OF HISTORICAL AND ARCHEOLOGICAL DATA › § 312504

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must keep the agency that pays for or permits a project always informed about the progress of any survey or recovery work so the agency’s work is not delayed. Surveys and recovery programs must end when the Secretary and the agency head agree, unless they both agree to keep them going. The Secretary must talk with interested government agencies, schools and science groups, private institutions, and experts to decide who owns any finds and where they should be kept. The Secretary must also coordinate all federal survey and recovery work under this chapter.

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Title 54, §312504

National Park Service and Related Programs — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Secretary shall keep the agency responsible for funding or licensing the project notified at all times of the progress of any survey made under this chapter or of any work undertaken as a result of a survey, in order that there will be as little disruption or delay as possible in the carrying out of the functions of the agency. The survey and recovery programs shall terminate at a time agreed on by the Secretary and the head of the agency unless extended by agreement.
(b)The Secretary shall consult with any interested Federal and State agencies, educational and scientific organizations, private institutions, and qualified individuals, with a view to determining the ownership of, and the most appropriate repository for, any relics and specimens recovered as a result of any work performed as provided for in this section.
(c)The Secretary shall coordinate all Federal survey and recovery activities authorized under this chapter.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 31250416 U.S.C. 469a–3.Pub. L. 86–523, § 5, formerly § 2(c), (e), June 27, 1960, 74 Stat. 220, renumbered as § 5 and amended Pub. L. 93–291, § 1(4), (6), (7), May 24, 1974, 88 Stat. 175; Pub. L. 96–205, title VI, § 608(b)(1), Mar. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 92; Pub. L. 103–437, § 6(d)(27), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4584; Pub. L. 104–333, div. I, title VIII, § 814(d)(2)(B), Nov. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 4196.

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54 U.S.C. § 312504

Title 54 — National Park Service and Related Programs

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73