HR 4068 · 100th Congress · Arts, Culture, Religion
A bill to amend the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 to strengthen the enforcement provisions of that Act, and for other purposes.
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EnactedLatest: Became Public Law No: 100-588.(1988-11-03)
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Amends the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 to revise certain prohibitions and criminal penalties. Includes attempted violations of prohibitions under penalty provisions. Revises limitations on fines. Allows longer prison sentences for violations involving any excavation. Redefines "archaeological resource" to mean any physical evidence of sites, structures, or objects used by humans and the conceptual content or context of an area. Requires that items be at least 50 years of age to be treated as an archaeological resource. (Current law requires such items to be at least 100 years of age.)…
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