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22 CFR § 1104.12 - Custody of archaeological resources.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t22/s1104.12"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "22 CFR § 1104.12 - Custody of archaeological resources."
title_number: 22
title_name: "Foreign Relations"
section_number: "1104.12"
section_name: "Custody of archaeological resources."
chapter_name: "INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, UNITED STATES AND MEXICO, UNITED STATES SECTION"
part_number: "1104"
part_name: "PROTECTION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Pub. L. 96-95, 93 Stat. 721 (16 U.S.C. 470aa-11) (Sec. 10(a).) Related Authority: Pub. L. 59-209, 34 Stat. 225 (16 U.S.C. 432, 433); Pub. L. 86-523, 74 Stat. 220, 221 (16 U.S.C. 469), as amended, 88 Stat. 174 (1974); Pub. L. 89-665, 80 Stat. 915 (16 U.S.C. 470a-t), as amended, 84 Stat. 204 (1970), 87 Stat. 139 (1973), 90 Stat. 1320 (1976), 92 Stat. 3467 (1978), 94 Stat. 2987 (1980); Pub. L. 95-341, 92 Stat. 469 (42 U.S.C. 1996)."
regulatory_source: "56 FR 21590, May 10, 1991, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1104"
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# 1104.12 Custody of archaeological resources.

(a) Archaeological resources excavated or removed from the public lands remain the property of the United States.

(b) The Commissioner may provide for the exchange of archaeological resources among suitable universities, museums, or other scientific or educational institutions, when such resources have been excavated or removed from public lands under the authority of a permit issued by the Commissioner.