25 U.S.C. § 3072
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In this chapter:
- (1)The term “archaeological resource” means an archaeological resource (as defined in section 470bb of title 16) that is Native American.
- (2)The term “cultural affiliation” means that there is a relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced historically or prehistorically between a present day Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization and an identifiable earlier group.
- (3)The term “cultural item” means any 1 or more cultural items (as defined in section 2 of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (25 U.S.C. 3001)).
- (4)The term “Indian Tribe” has the meaning given the term “Indian tribe” in section 2 of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (25 U.S.C. 3001).
- (5)The term “Item Prohibited from Exportation” means—
- (A)a cultural item prohibited from being trafficked, including through sale, purchase, use for profit, or transport for sale or profit, by—
- (i)section 1170(b) of title 18, as added by the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (25 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.); or
- (ii)any other Federal law or treaty; and
- (B)an archaeological resource prohibited from being trafficked, including through sale, purchase, exchange, transport, receipt, or offer to sell, purchase, or exchange, including in interstate or foreign commerce, by—
- (A)a cultural item prohibited from being trafficked, including through sale, purchase, use for profit, or transport for sale or profit, by—
- (6)
- (A)The term “Item Requiring Export Certification” means—
- (B)The term “Item Requiring Export Certification” does not include an item described in clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (A) for which an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with a cultural affiliation with the item has provided a certificate authorizing exportation of the item.
- (7)The term “Native American” means—
- (A)Native American (as defined in section 2 of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (25 U.S.C. 3001)); and
- (B)Native Hawaiian (as so defined).
- (8)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).
- (9)The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior.
- (10)The term “tangible cultural heritage” means—