The Native American Graves Protection
and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), enacted in 1990, requires museums to
compile information regarding Native American cultural items in
their possession or control and provide that information to lineal
descendants, Indian tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations using
specific types of documentation (summaries, inventories, and
notices). The implementing regulations, first promulgated in 1995,
require that each museum provide one copy of each summary and
inventory to the Secretary of the Interior, through the National
Park Service (NPS). Notices prepared by museums are published in
the Federal Register by the NPS. To date, 1,299 museums have
provided summaries, inventories, and notices, as applicable, to the
NPS. The collection of information requirements in this rule are
prepared under the authorities granted in Secs. 5, 6, 7, and 8 of
NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006. Collection of information
during the conduct of administrative investigations of allegations
of failure to comply under Sec. 9 of NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3007, is
exempt from the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44
U.S.C. 3518 (c)(1)(B)(ii)).
US Code:
35 USC 3001-3013 Name of Law: The Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990
This is a renewal of a
currently approved collection. The program changes include the
following adjustments listed in the table below. Since the last
approval of this information collection in 2015. The previous
request anticipated that we would receive at least 471 updated
summaries of inventory data from Private (n=226) and State/Local
Gov't museums (n=245) that required at least 100 hours per
submission to complete. However, due to the number of museums
currently in compliance with NAGPRA the number of updates received
have declined over the years. Therefore the net decrease (annual
responses, n= -161; and annual burden hours, n = -1,610) is based
upon a change due an adjustment in the Program's estimated of the
anticipated number of updates submitted as a requirement of
NAGPRA.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.