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36 CFR § 296.20 - Public Awareness Programs.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t36/s296.20"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "36 CFR § 296.20 - Public Awareness Programs."
title_number: 36
title_name: "Parks, Forests, and Public Property"
section_number: "296.20"
section_name: "Public Awareness Programs."
chapter_name: "FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "296"
part_name: "PROTECTION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES: UNIFORM REGULATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Pub. L. 96-95, 93 Stat. 721, as amended, 102 Stat. 2983 (16 U.S.C. 470aa-mm)(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: "49 FR 1027, Jan. 6, 1984, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "296"
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# 296.20 Public Awareness Programs.

(a) Each Federal land manager will establish a program to increase public awareness of the need to protect important archaeological resources located on public and Indian lands. Educational activities required by section 10(c) of the Act should be incorporated into other current agency public education and interpretation programs where appropriate.

(b) Each Federal land manager annually will submit to the Secretary of the Interior the relevant information on public awareness activities required by section 10(c) of the Act for inclusion in the comprehensive report on activities required by section 13 of the Act.

[60 FR 5260, 5261, Jan. 26, 1995]