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22 CFR § 1104.3 - Prohibited acts.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t22/s1104.3"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "22 CFR § 1104.3 - Prohibited acts."
title_number: 22
title_name: "Foreign Relations"
section_number: "1104.3"
section_name: "Prohibited acts."
chapter_name: "INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, UNITED STATES AND MEXICO, UNITED STATES SECTION"
part_number: "1104"
part_name: "PROTECTION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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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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# 1104.3 Prohibited acts.

(a) No person may excavate, remove, damage, or otherwise alter or deface any archaeological resource located on public lands unless such activity is pursuant to a permit issued under § 1104.7 or exempted by § 1104.4(b) of this part.

(b) No person may sell, purchase, exchange, transport, or receive any archaeological resource, if such resource was excavated or removed in violation of:

(1) The prohibitions contained in paragraph (a) of this section; or

(2) Any provision, rule, regulation, ordinance, or permit in effect under any other provision of Federal law.