20 USC § 69 - Anthropological researches; cooperation of Institution with States, educational institutions, or scientific organizations
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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s69"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "20 USC § 69 - Anthropological researches; cooperation of Institution with States, educational institutions, or scientific organizations"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "69"
section_name: "Anthropological researches; cooperation of Institution with States, educational institutions, or scientific organizations"
chapter_number: 3
chapter_name: "SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "CHARTER PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Apr. 10, 1928, ch. 335, § 1, 45 Stat. 413; Aug. 22, 1949, ch. 494, § 1, 63 Stat. 623.)"
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# § 69. Anthropological researches; cooperation of Institution with States, educational institutions, or scientific organizations
The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution is hereby authorized to cooperate with any State, educational institution, or scientific organization in the United States to continue independently or in cooperation anthropological researches among the American Indians and the natives of lands under the jurisdiction or protection of the United States and the excavation and preservation of archaeological remains.
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**Source Credit**: (Apr. 10, 1928, ch. 335, § 1, 45 Stat. 413; Aug. 22, 1949, ch. 494, § 1, 63 Stat. 623.)
## Editorial Notes
### Amendments
1949—Act , substituted “to continue independently or in cooperation anthropological” for “for continuing ethnological” and inserted “and the natives of lands under the jurisdiction or protection of the United States”.