Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-110
§470jj Cooperation with Private Individuals
Title 16 › CHAPTER 1B — ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES PROTECTION › § 470jj
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior must help improve communication and information sharing between private people who collected archaeological items before this law and federal officials and professional archaeologists who protect archaeological sites on public and Indian lands. When possible and consistent with this chapter, the Secretary must also try to grow the nation's archaeological data by encouraging cooperation between those private collectors and archaeologists and their organizations.
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Title 16, §470jj
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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.
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16 U.S.C. § 470jj
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110