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[CITE: 10USC2684]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
CHAPTER 159--REAL PROPERTY; RELATED PERSONAL PROPERTY; AND LEASE OF NON-
                             EXCESS PROPERTY
 
Sec. 2684. Cooperative agreements for management of cultural 
        resources
        
    (a) Authority.--The Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of a 
military department may enter into a cooperative agreement with a State 
or local government or other entity for the preservation, management, 
maintenance, and improvement of cultural resources on military 
installations and for the conduct of research regarding the cultural 
resources. Activities under the cooperative agreement shall be subject 
to the availability of funds to carry out the cooperative agreement.
    (b) Application of Other Laws.--Section 1535 and chapter 63 of title 
31 shall not apply to a cooperative agreement entered into under this 
section.
    (c) Cultural Resource Defined.--In this section, the term ``cultural 
resource'' means any of the following:
        (1) A building, structure, site, district, or object eligible 
    for or included in the National Register of Historic Places 
    maintained under section 101(a) of the National Historic 
    Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470a(a)).
        (2) Cultural items, as that term is defined in section 2(3) of 
    the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (25 
    U.S.C. 3001(3)).
        (3) An archaeological resource, as that term is defined in 
    section 3(1) of the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 
    (16 U.S.C. 470bb(1)).
        (4) An archaeological artifact collection and associated records 
    covered by section 79 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations.

(Added Pub. L. 104-201, div. B, title XXVIII, Sec. 2862(a), Sept. 23, 
1996, 110 Stat. 2804; amended Pub. L. 105-85, div. A, title X, 
Sec. 1073(a)(58), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1903.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 2684, added Pub. L. 93-166, title V, Sec. 509(a), 
Nov. 29, 1973, 87 Stat. 677, related to construction of family quarters 
and limitations on space, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 97-214, Secs. 7(1), 
12(a), July 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 173, 176, effective Oct. 1, 1982, and 
applicable to military construction projects, and to construction and 
acquisition of military family housing authorized before, on, or after 
such date. See section 2826 of this title.


                               Amendments

    1997--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105-85 struck out ``, United States 
Code,'' after ``title 31''.
