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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · H.R. 5854 (Introduced in House) — To amend title 18, United States Code, to enhance protections of Native American cultural objects, and for other purp... · Sec. 3

Sec. 3. Government Accountability Office report

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In this section: The term Indian tribe has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act ( 25 U.S.C. 3001 ). The term Native American cultural object has the meaning given the term in section 1171(a) of title 18, United States Code. The term Native Hawaiian organization has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act ( 25 U.S.C. 3001 ). Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States, after collecting information from the Attorney General, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of State, and meeting, as appropriate, with Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations, shall submit the report described in subsection
(c)to— the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate; and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives. The report submitted under subsection
(b)shall include a description of— an estimate of the number of Native American cultural objects illegally trafficked in the United States and foreign markets; the extent to which the Attorney General has prosecuted, under section 1170 of title 18, United States Code, the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 ( 16 U.S.C. 470aa et seq. ), section 1866(b) of title 18, United States Code, or any other related law, cases of trafficking in— the human remains of a Native American (as defined in section 2 of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act ( 25 U.S.C. 3001 )); or other Native American cultural objects; and recommendations for actions the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of the Interior can take— to eliminate illegal commerce in Native American cultural objects in the United States and foreign markets; and to secure the repatriation to Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations of Native American cultural objects that have been illegally removed or trafficked in violation of— section 1170(b) of title 18, United States Code; the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 ( 16 U.S.C. 470aa et seq. ); or section 1866(b) of title 18, United States Code. The Secretary of the Interior shall facilitate the convention of a tribal working group composed of representatives of Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations, the Department of Justice, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of State— to provide an opportunity for Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations to contribute information to the Attorney General, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of State during the preparation of the report described in subsection (c); and to advise the Attorney General, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of State on methods for implementing recommendations included in the report described in subsection (c).
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