PUBLIC LAW 106-465—NOV. 7, 2000 114 STAT. 2023 (2) No FEE. —The Secretary shall not charge any fee for access granted under paragraph (1). (b) CONDITIONS OF ACCESS.— In granting access under subsection (a), the Secretary shall temporarily dose to the general public one or more specific portions of the site in order to protect the privacy of tribal members engaging in a traditional, cultural, or historical observance in those portions; and any such closure shall be made in a manner that affects the smallest practicable area for the minimum period necessary for the purposes described above. (c) SAND CREEK REPATRIATION SITE. — (1) IN GENERAL. — The Secretary shall dedicate a portion of the federally acquired land within the site to the establishment and operation of a site at which certain items referred to in paragraph (2) that are repatriated under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (25 U.S.C. 300 et seq.) or any other provision of law may be interred, reinterred, preserved, or otherwise protected. (2) ACCEPTABLE ITEMS.—The items referred to in paragraph (1) are any items associated with the Sand Creek Massacre, such as— (A) Native American human remains; (B) associated funerary objects; (C) unassociated funerary objects; (D) sacred objects; and (E) objects of cultural patrimony. (d) TRIBAL CONSULTATION. —In exercising any authority under this section, the Secretary shall consult with, and solicit advice and recommendations from, descendants and the tribes. SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this Act. Approved November 7, 2000. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 2950: SENATE REPORTS: No. 106-418 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 146 (2000): Oct. 5, considered and passed Senate. Oct. 23, considered and passed House.
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