§ 469a-3. — Progress reports by Secretary of the Interior on surveys and work undertaken as result of surveys; disposition of relics and specimens recovered; coordination of survey and recovery activities; annual report.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC469a-3]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1A--HISTORIC SITES, BUILDINGS, OBJECTS, AND ANTIQUITIES
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 469a-3. Progress reports by Secretary of the Interior on
surveys and work undertaken as result of surveys; disposition of
relics and specimens recovered; coordination of survey and
recovery activities; annual report
(a) Progress reports to funding or licensing agency
The Secretary shall keep the agency responsible for funding or
licensing the project notified at all times of the progress of any
survey made under sections 469 to 469c of this title or of any work
undertaken as a result of such survey, in order that there will be as
little disruption or delay as possible in the carrying out of the
functions of such agency and the survey and recovery programs shall
terminate at a time mutually agreed upon by the Secretary and the head
of such agency unless extended by mutual agreement.
(b) Disposition of relics and specimens
The Secretary shall consult with any interested Federal and State
agencies, educational and scientific organizations, and private
institutions and qualified individuals, with a view to determining the
ownership of and the most appropriate repository for any relics and
specimens recovered as a result of any work performed as provided for in
this section.
(c) Coordination of activities; annual report
The Secretary shall coordinate all Federal survey and recovery
activities authorized under sections 469 to 469c-1 of this title.
(Pub. L. 86-523, Sec. 5, formerly Sec. 2(c), (e), June 27, 1960, 74
Stat. 220, renumbered and amended Pub. L. 93-291, Sec. 1(4), (6), (7),
May 24, 1974, 88 Stat. 175; Pub. L. 96-205, title VI, Sec. 608(b)(1),
Mar. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 92; Pub. L. 103-437, Sec. 6(d)(27), Nov. 2,
1994, 108 Stat. 4584; Pub. L. 104-333, div. I, title VIII,
Sec. 814(d)(2)(B), Nov. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 4196.)
Amendments
1996--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104-333 inserted period after ``469c-1 of
this title'' and struck out at end ``and shall submit an annual report
at the end of each fiscal year to the Committee on Natural Resources of
the House of Representatives and Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources of the Senate indicating the scope and effectiveness of the
program, the specific projects surveyed and the results produced, and
the costs incurred by the Federal Government as a result thereof.''
1994--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103-437 substituted ``Natural Resources''
for ``Interior and Insular Affairs'' after ``Committee on''.
1980--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 96-205 substituted references to the
House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and Senate Committee on
Energy and Natural Resources, for reference to Interior and Insular
Affairs Committees of the Congress.
1974--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93-291, Sec. 1(4), (6), redesignated
subsec. (c) of section 469a of this title as subsec. (a) of this section
and substituted ``agency responsible for funding or licensing the
project'' for ``instigating agency'' and ``agency and the survey and
recovery programs shall terminate at a time mutually agreed upon by the
Secretary and the head of such agency unless extended by mutual
agreement'' for ``agency''.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93-291, Sec. 1(6), redesignated subsec. (e) of
section 469a of this title as subsec. (b) of this section.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 93-291, Sec. 1(7), added subsec. (c).
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of certain enforcement functions of Secretary or other
official in Department of the Interior and Secretary or other official
in Department of Agriculture to Federal Inspector, Office of Federal
Inspector for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System, and subsequent
transfer to Secretary of Energy, see note set out under section 469a of
this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 469, 469b, 469c, 469c-1,
470a, 470dd, 470hh, 470ll of this title; title 42 section 5320; title 43
section 377b.
