Source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/16/470cc
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U.S. Code › Title 16 › Chapter 1B › § 470cc 16 U.S. Code § 470cc - Excavation and removal
§ 470cc.
(b) Determinations by Federal land manager prerequisite to issuance of permitA permit may be issued pursuant to an application under subsection (a) of this section if the Federal land manager determines, pursuant to uniform regulations under this chapter, that—
the applicant is qualified, to carry out the permitted activity,
the activity is undertaken for the purpose of furthering archaeological knowledge in the public interest,
the archaeological resources which are excavated or removed from public lands will remain the property of the United States, and such resources and copies of associated archaeological records and data will be preserved by a suitable university, museum, or other scientific or educational institution, and
the activity pursuant to such permit is not inconsistent with any management plan applicable to the public lands concerned.
Any permit issued under this section may be suspended by the Federal land manager upon his determination that the permittee has violated any provision of subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 470ee of this title. Any such permit may be revoked by such Federal land manager upon assessment of a civil penalty under section 470ff of this title against the permittee or upon the permittee’s conviction under section 470ee of this title.
No permit shall be required under this section or under the Act of June 8, 1906 (16 U.S.C. 431),[1] for the excavation or removal by any Indian tribe or member thereof of any archaeological resource located on Indian lands of such Indian tribe, except that in the absence of tribal law regulating the excavation or removal of archaeological resources on Indian lands, an individual tribal member shall be required to obtain a permit under this section.
In the case of any permits for the excavation or removal of any archaelogical [2] resource located on Indian lands, the permit may be granted only after obtaining the consent of the Indian or Indian tribe owning or having jurisdiction over such lands. The permit shall include such terms and conditions as may be requested by such Indian or Indian tribe.
No permit or other permission shall be required under chapter 3203 of title 54 for any activity for which a permit is issued under this section.
Any permit issued under chapter 3203 of title 54 shall remain in effect according to its terms and conditions following the enactment of this chapter. No permit under this chapter shall be required to carry out any activity under a permit issued underchapter 3203 of title 54 before October 31, 1979, which remains in effect as provided in this paragraph, and nothing in this chapter shall modify or affect any such permit.
(Pub. L. 96–95, § 4, Oct. 31, 1979, 93 Stat. 722; Pub. L. 113–287, § 5(d)(6), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3264.)
[1]  See References in Text note below.[2]  So in original. Probably should be “archaeological”.
The Act of June 8, 1906, referred to in subsec. (g)(1), is act June 8, 1906, ch. 3060, 34 Stat. 225, known as the Antiquities Act of 1906, which was classified generally to sections 431, 432, and 433 of this title. The Act was repealed and restated as section 1866(b) of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and sections 320301(a) to (c), 320302, and 320303 of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs, by Pub. L. 113–287, §§ 3, 4(a)(1), 7, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3094, 3260, 3272. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. For disposition of former sections of this title, see Disposition Table preceding section 100101 of Title 54.
2014—Subsec. (h)(1). Pub. L. 113–287, § 5(d)(6)(A)(i), substituted “chapter 3203 of title 54” for “the Act of June 8, 1906 (16 U.S.C. 431–433),”.
Subsec. (h)(2). Pub. L. 113–287, § 5(d)(6)(A)(ii), substituted “chapter 3203 of title 54” for “the Act of June 8, 1906,” in two places.
Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 113–287, § 5(d)(6)(B), substituted “section 306108 of title 54” for “section 470f of this title”.