| NAME OF LEGISLATION | CULTURAL RESOURCE PROVISIONS |
| Antiquities Act (1906) | claims significant un-owned resources as federal property; authorizes scientific research of cultural resources on federal lands; outlaws removal of archaeological resources from federal lands; allows U.S. president to select national monuments |
| Historic Sites, Buildings and Antiquities Act (1935) | preservation of archaeological and historical resources become a national policy; establishes national register for historic sites |
| Reservoir Salvage Act (1960) | all dam construction projects must notify Secretary of the Interior and consider impacts to cultural resources |
| Wilderness Act (1964) | establishes restrictions on activities that can be undertaken on a designated area; |
| National Historic Preservation Act (1966) | regulates government activities to protect resources; establishes National Register of Historic Places; requires federal agencies to record and protect significant districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects; requires federal agencies to identify any of these that should be listed on the national register; 1992 amendments require protection of Native American cultural items...and of properties of religious or cultural importance to Indian tribes, Native Hawaiians, or other Native American groups; |
| National Register of Historic Places | requires federal agencies to evaluate the effects of their actions on cultural resources (Lissoway 1990) |
| National Register of Historic Places | Amends Reservoir Salvage Act; all federal or federally assisted construction projects must notify Secretary of the Interior and consider impacts to cultural resources (DeBano, Neary, fFolliot 1998) |
| National Environmental Policy Act (1969) | requires protection of cultural resources |
| Archaeological and Historic Preservation Act (1974) | act directed at the preservation of historic and archaeological data that would otherwise be lost as a result of federal construction. It authorizes the U.S. Department of the Interior to undertake recovery, protection, and preservation of archaeological and historic data. |
| The American Indian Religious Freedom Act (1978) | requires federal agencies to consult Native American communities prior to conducting any fire operations on Indian lands and in Native American sacred places |
| Archaeological Resources Protection Act (1979) | prohibits removal of archaeological resources from federal lands and Native American Reservations; provides protection for information about location of archaeological sites |
| Code of Federal Regulation (36 CFR 800) | regulates post-fire activity on or near cultural resources |
| Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (1990) | prohibits non-Indians from removing cultural resources without permission from living Native American groups associated with them; requires the return of cultural resources previously removed to be returned to living Native American groups associated with them |
