Title 23 — HighwaysRelease 119-73not60
§305 Archeological and Paleontological Salvage
Title 23 › Chapter 3— GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 305
Summary
Highway funds may pay for archaeological and fossil salvage if State Highway Dept. approves; follow the Antiquities Act (June 8, 1906) and applicable State law.
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Title 23, §305
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Funds authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title to the extent approved as necessary by the highway department of any State, may be used for archeological and paleontological salvage in that State in compliance with the Act entitled “An Act for the preservation of American antiquities”, approved June 8, 1906 (34 Stat. 225), and State laws where applicable,
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An Act for the preservation of American antiquities, referred to in text, is act June 8, 1906, ch. 3060, 34 Stat. 225, popularly known as the Antiquities Act of 1906. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Amendments
1960—Pub. L. 86–657 substituted “appropriated to carry out this title to the extent approved” for “appropriated under the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, to the extent approved”.
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23 U.S.C. § 305
Title 23 — Highways
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60