§ 433. — American antiquities.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC433]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXI--NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS
Sec. 433. American antiquities
Any person who shall appropriate, excavate, injure, or destroy any
historic or prehistoric ruin or monument, or any object of antiquity,
situated on lands owned or controlled by the Government of the United
States, without the permission of the Secretary of the Department of the
Government having jurisdiction over the lands on which said antiquities
are situated, shall, upon conviction, be fined in a sum of not more than
$500 or be imprisoned for a period of not more than ninety days, or
shall suffer both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
(June 8, 1906, ch. 3060, Sec. 1, 34 Stat. 225.)
Transfer of Functions
Enforcement functions of Secretary or other official in Department
of the Interior related to compliance with permits issued under sections
431, 432, and 433 of this title and such functions of Secretary or other
official in Department of Agriculture, insofar as they involve lands and
programs under jurisdiction of that Department, related to compliance
with removal of objects of antiquity under sections 431, 432, and 433
with respect to pre-construction, construction, and initial operation of
transportation system for Canadian and Alaskan natural gas were
transferred to the Federal Inspector, Office of Federal Inspector for
the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System, until the first
anniversary of date of initial operation of the Alaska Natural Gas
Transportation System, see Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1979, Secs. 102(e), (f),
203(a), 44 F.R. 33663, 33666, 93 Stat. 1373, 1376, effective July 1,
1979, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and
Employees. Office of Federal Inspector for the Alaska Natural Gas
Transportation System abolished and functions and authority vested in
Inspector transferred to Secretary of Energy by section 3012(b) of Pub.
L. 102-486, set out as an Abolition of Office of Federal Inspector note
under section 719e of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 410mm, 432, 434, 470cc,
470dd, 698w, 1133 of this title; title 20 section 78a; title 43 section
1714.
