[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR79.1]

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              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
      CHAPTER I--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 79--CURATION OF FEDERALLY-OWNED AND ADMINISTERED ARCHAEOLOGICAL 
COLLECTIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 79.1  Purpose.

    (a) The regulations in this part establish definitions, standards, 
procedures and guidelines to be followed by Federal agencies to preserve 
collections of prehistoric and historic material remains, and associated 
records, recovered under the authority of the Antiquities Act (16 U.S.C. 
431-433), the Reservoir Salvage Act (16 U.S.C. 469-469c), section 110 of 
the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470h-2) or the 
Archaeological Resources Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 470aa-mm). They 
establish:
    (1) Procedures and guidelines to manage and preserve collections;
    (2) Terms and conditions for Federal agencies to include in 
contracts, memoranda, agreements or other written instruments with 
repositories for curatorial services;
    (3) Standards to determine when a repository has the capability to 
provide long-term curatorial services; and
    (4) Guidelines to provide access to, loan and otherwise use 
collections.
    (b) The regulations in this part contain three appendices that 
provide additional guidance for use by the Federal Agency Official.
    (1) Appendix A to these regulations contains an example of an 
agreement between a Federal agency and a non- Federal owner of material 
remains who is donating the remains to the Federal agency.
    (2) Appendix B to these regulations contains an example of a 
memorandum of understanding between a Federal agency and a repository 
for long-term curatorial services for a federally-owned collection.

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    (3) Appendix C to these regulations contains an example of an 
agreement between a repository and a third party for a short-term loan 
of a federally-owned collection (or a part thereof).
    (4) The three appendices are meant to illustrate how such agreements 
might appear. They should be revised according to the:
    (i) Needs of the Federal agency and any non-Federal owner;
    (ii) Nature and content of the collection; and
    (iii) Type of contract, memorandum, agreement or other written 
instrument being used.
    (5) When a repository has preexisting standard forms (e.g., a short-
term loan form) that are consistent with the regulations in this part, 
those forms may be used in lieu of developing new ones.

[55 FR 37630, Sept. 12, 1990; 55 FR 41639, Oct. 10, 1990]