Title 20 — EducationRelease 119-73not60
§78 Cooperation of Smithsonian Institution with State Institutions for Continuing Paleontological Investigations
Title 20 › Chapter 3— SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES › Subchapter VIII— PALEONTOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS › § 78
Summary
The Secretary of the Smithsonian can work with states, schools, or scientific groups to keep studying, dig up, and protect fossils in places that will be flooded or otherwise lost because of government dam projects or similar construction. These efforts must not repeat or hurt any similar work the Department of the Interior is doing with the Smithsonian.
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Title 20, §78
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The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution is authorized to cooperate with any State, educational institution, or scientific organization in the United States for continuing paleontological investigations, and the excavation and preservation of fossil remains, in areas which will be flooded by the construction of Government dams or otherwise be made unavailable for such investigations because of such construction: Provided, That such investigations and activities shall not duplicate nor affect adversely similar operations being conducted by the Department of Interior in cooperation with the Smithsonian Institution.
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20 U.S.C. § 78
Title 20 — Education
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60