21920 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 71 / Wednesday, April 13, 2022 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–33503; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP16.R50000] 

June 13, 2022 Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Review 

Committee: Notice of Nomination 

Solicitation 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Request for nominations. 

SUMMARY: The National Park Service is 

soliciting nominations for the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Review Committee 

(Committee). The Secretary of the 

Interior will appoint members from 

nominations submitted by Indian 

Tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, 

or traditional Native American religious 

leaders and national museum 

organizations or national scientific 

organizations. 

DATES: Nominations must be received 

by June 13, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Please address nominations 

to Melanie O’Brien, Designated Federal 

Officer, National Native American 

Graves Protection and Repatriation 

Review Committee, via email nagpra_

info@nps.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melanie O’Brien, via telephone at (202) 

354–2201. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Committee was established by the 

Native American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act of 1990 (NAGPRA) and 

is regulated by the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act. 

The Review Committee is responsible 

for: 

1. Monitoring the NAGPRA inventory 

and identification process. 

2. Reviewing and making findings 

related to the identity or cultural 

affiliation of cultural items, or the return 

of such items. 

3. Facilitating the resolution of 

disputes. 

4. Compiling an inventory of 

culturally unidentifiable human 

remains and developing a process for 

disposition of such remains. 

5. Consulting with Indian Tribes and 

Native Hawaiian organizations and 

museums on matters within the scope of 

the work of the Review Committee 

affecting such Tribes or organizations. 

6. Consulting with the Secretary of the 

Interior in the development of 

regulations to carry out NAGPRA. 

7. Making recommendations regarding 

future care of repatriated cultural items. 

The Committee consists of seven 

members appointed by the Secretary of 

the Interior. The Secretary may not 

appoint Federal officers or employees to 

the Committee. Three members are 

appointed from nominations submitted 

by Indian Tribes, Native Hawaiian 

organizations, and traditional Native 

American religious leaders. At least two 

of these members must be traditional 

Indian religious leaders. Three members 

are appointed from nominations 

submitted by national museum or 

scientific organizations. One member is 

appointed from a list of persons 

developed and consented to by all of the 

other members. 

Members are appointed for four-year 

terms and incumbent members may be 

reappointed for two-year terms. The 

Committee’s work is completed during 

public meetings. The Committee 

attempts to meet in person twice a year 

and meetings normally last two or three 

days. In addition, the Committee may 

also meet by public teleconference one 

or more times per year. 

Members will be appointed as special 

Government employees (SGEs). Please 

be aware that members selected to serve 

as SGEs will be required, prior to 

appointment, to file a Confidential 

Financial Disclosure Report in order to 

avoid involvement in real or apparent 

conflicts of interest. You may find a 

copy of the Confidential Financial 

Disclosure Report at the following 

website: https://www.doi.gov/ethics/ 

special-government-employees/ 

financial-disclosure. Additionally, after 

appointment, members appointed as 

SGEs will be required to meet 

applicable financial disclosure and 

ethics training requirements. Please 

contact 202–208–7960 or DOI_Ethics@

sol.doi.gov with any questions about the 

ethics requirements for members 

appointed as SGEs. 

Committee members serve without 

pay but are reimbursed for each day of 

committee business. Committee 

members are also reimbursed for travel 

expenses incurred in association with 

Committee meetings (25 U.S.C. 

3006(b)(4)). Additional information 

regarding the Committee, including the 

Committee’s charter, meeting 

procedures, and past practice, is 

available on the National NAGPRA 

Program website, at https://

www.nps.gov/nagpra/reviewcommittee.htm. 

Nominations must: 

1. If submitted by an Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization, be 

submitted on the official letterhead of 

the Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization. 

2. If submitted by and Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization, affirm 

that the signatory is the official 

authorized by the Indian Tribe or Native 

Hawaiian organization to submit the 

nomination. 

3. If submitted by a Native American 

traditional religious leader, affirm that 

the signatory meets the definition of 

traditional Native American religious 

leader (see 43 CFR 10.2(d)(3)). 

4. If submitted by a national museum 

organization or national scientific 

organization, be submitted on the 

official letterhead of the organization. 

An organization that is created by, is a 

part of, and is governed in any way by 

a parent national museum or scientific 

organization must submit a nomination 

through the parent organization. 

5. Affirm that the signatory is the 

official authorized by the organization 

to submit the nomination. 

6. Affirm that the organization focuses 

on the interests of museum and science 

disciplines throughout the United 

States, as opposed to a lesser geographic 

scope; offers membership throughout 

the United States, although such 

membership need not be exclusive to 

the United States; and is organized 

under the laws of the United States 

Government. 

7. Provide the nominator’s original 

signature, daytime telephone number, 

and email address. 

8. Include the nominee’s full legal 

name, home address, home telephone 

number, and email address. 

Nominations should include a resume 

providing an adequate description of the 

nominee’s qualifications, including 

information that would enable the 

Department of the Interior to make an 

informed decision regarding meeting the 

membership requirements of the 

Committee and permit the Department 

of the Interior to contact a potential 

member. 

Public Disclosure of Information: 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information with 

your nomination, you should be aware 

that your entire nomination—including 

your personal identifying information— 

may be made publicly available at any 

time. While you can ask us in your 

nomination to withhold your personal 

identifying information from public 

review, we cannot guarantee that we 

will be able to do so. 

(Authority: 5 U.S.C. Appendix 2; 25 U.S.C. 

3006.) 

Alma Ripps, 

Chief, Office of Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2022–07826 Filed 4–12–22; 8:45 am] 

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