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16 USC SECTION 18f-3
TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND
SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER I - NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
(a) Application
Authorities in this section and sections 18f and 18f-2 of this
title shall be available to the Secretary of the Interior with
regard to museum objects and museum collections that were under the
administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary for the purposes of
the National Park System before November 12, 1996, as well as those
museum objects and museum collections that may be acquired on or
after November 12, 1996.
(b) Definitions
For the purposes of this section and sections 18f and 18f-2 of
this title, the terms ''museum objects'' and ''museum collections''
mean objects that are eligible to be or are made part of a museum,
library, or archive collection through a formal procedure, such as
accessioning. Such objects are usually movable and include but are
not limited to prehistoric and historic artifacts, works of art,
books, documents, photographs, and natural history specimens.
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