§3076 Native Working Group

Summary

The Secretary must set up a Native working group made up of at least 12 people nominated by Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations. The group will advise the federal government. It can suggest ways to encourage collectors, dealers, and others to voluntarily return physical cultural items and archaeological finds. It can also suggest ways to stop illegal trade in those items in the United States and in other countries. The group can formally ask agencies to act, including asking the Department of Justice to start court cases at home or abroad to help return items and asking the Department of State to use diplomatic channels. When the group asks, agencies must try to give information and help. Those agencies include the Departments of the Interior, Justice, Homeland Security, and State; the review committee under section 3006(a); the Cultural Heritage Coordinating Committee from Public Law 114–151; and other relevant federal bodies. The Federal Advisory Committee Act does not apply to this working group.