16 U.S.C. § 470aa
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
SHORT TITLEPub. L. 96-95, §1, Oct. 31, 1979, 93 Stat. 721, provided that: "This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the 'Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979'."
GALISTEO BASIN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES PROTECTION Pub. L. 108-208, 118 Stat. 558, known as the "Galisteo Basin Archaeological Sites Protection Act", provided for the preservation, protection, and interpretation of nationally significant archaeological resources in the Galisteo Basin of New Mexico by designating Galisteo Basin Archaeological Protection Sites and their acreage and provided for addition, deletion or modification of the sites, administration, cooperative agreements, acquisition of land and interests, withdrawal of lands from mining and other public land laws, and construction of the Act.
- public lands
- The term "public lands" means-(A) lands which are owned and administered by the United States as part of-(i) the national park system,(ii) the national wildlife refuge system, or(iii) the national forest system; and(B) all other lands the fee title to which is held by the United States, other than lands on the Outer Continental Shelf and lands which are under the jurisdiction of the Smithsonian Institution.