Lower Colorado Region
Federal Historic Preservation Laws
This act authorizes the President to declare federal lands as national monuments for the purpose of protecting sites and preserving American antiquities. (Click here for a description of the act's features.)
This act provides for the preservation of historic American sites, buildings, objects, and antiquities of national significance and for other purposes. (Click here for a description of the act's features.)
This is the principal cultural resources act that established a program for the preservation of historic
properties throughout the nation, and for other purposes. (Click here for a description of the act's features.)
The historic preservation review process mandated by Section 106 is outlined in regulations issued by the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, (36 CFR Part 800 "Protection of Historic Properties").
The following were updated in 2000:
Executive Order 13007 regarding Indian Sacred Sites
National Register of Historic Places Bulletin 38 - Guidelines for evaluating & documenting Traditional Cultural Properties
As amended, an Act to provide for the preservation of historical and archaeological data (including relics and specimens) which might otherwise be lost as the result of the construction of a dam. (Click here for a description of the act's features.)
This act protects archaeological resources on public and Indian lands, and for other purposes. (Click here for a description of the act's features.)
This act provides for the protection of Native American graves, and for other purposes. (Click here for a description of the act's features.)
For more information about these regulations, contact Regional Archaeologist Patricia Hicks at phicks@usbr.gov or
at 702-293-8359.
Pagemaster: Colleen Dwyer,
cdwyer@usbr.gov
Updated: March 2010
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