[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6647 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6647

To amend the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act to 
    move the enforcement office to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to 
    increase the civil monetary penalties for failure to follow the 
       processes established by that Act, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 31, 2018

  Mr. Rokita (for himself, Mr. Cole, Ms. McCollum, Ms. Moore, and Mr. 
 Young of Alaska) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                   the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act to 
    move the enforcement office to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to 
    increase the civil monetary penalties for failure to follow the 
       processes established by that Act, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. NATIVE AMERICAN GRAVES PROTECTION AND REPATRIATION ACT 
              AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Civil Penalties.--Section 9 of the Native American Graves 
Protection and Repatriation Act (25 U.S.C. 3007 et seq.) is amended by 
striking ``determined under regulations promulgated pursuant to this 
Act, taking into account, in addition to other factors'' and inserting 
``1 percent of the museum's annual budget, or $25,000, whichever is 
greater, and such additional sums as the Secretary may determine under 
regulations promulgated pursuant to this Act, taking into account other 
factors, including--''.
    (b) Enforcement Office.--Section 15 of the Native American Graves 
Protection and Repatriation Act (25 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.) is amended as 
follows:
            (1) By striking ``The United States'' and inserting the 
        following:
    ``(a) Court of Jurisdiction.--The United States''.
            (2) By adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Office of Enforcement.--The office for enforcement and other 
activities carried out by the Secretary under this Act shall be under 
the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the Department of 
the Interior.''.
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