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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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117TH CONGRESS 1 REPT. 117-196
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
SAFEGUARD TRIBAL OBJECTS OF PATRIMONY ACT OF
2021
DECEMBER 1, 2021.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GRIJALVA, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 2930]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 2930) to enhance protections of Native American tangible
cultural heritage, and for other purposes, having considered the
same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and rec-
ommends that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act of 2021.
SEC. 2. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are-
(1) to carry out the trust responsibility of the United States to Indian Tribes;
(2) to increase the maximum penalty for actions taken in violation of the Na-
tive American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (25 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.)
(including section 1170 of title 18, United States Code, as added by that Act),
in order to strengthen deterrence;
(3) to stop the export, and facilitate the international repatriation, of cultural
items prohibited from being trafficked by the Native American Graves Protec-
tion and Repatriation Act (25 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.) (including section 1170 of
title 18, United States Code, as added by that Act) and archaeological resources
prohibited from being trafficked by the Archaeological Resources Protection Act
of 1979 (16 U.S.C. 470aa et seq.) by-
(A) explicitly prohibiting the export;
(B) creating an export certification system; and
(C) confirming the authority of the President to request from foreign na-
tions agreements or provisional measures to prevent irremediable damage
to Native American cultural heritage;
(4) to establish a Federal framework in order to support the voluntary return
by individuals and organizations of items of tangible cultural heritage, including
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