HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2641 FILED ON: 2/18/2021
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3385
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
David M. Rogers and David Biele
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act to protect Native American heritage.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
David M. Rogers | 24th Middlesex | 2/18/2021 |
David Biele | 4th Suffolk | 2/26/2021 |
Patrick Joseph Kearney | 4th Plymouth | 2/22/2021 |
Jack Patrick Lewis | 7th Middlesex | 2/22/2021 |
Lindsay N. Sabadosa | 1st Hampshire | 2/26/2021 |
Mary S. Keefe | 15th Worcester | 3/19/2021 |
Jason M. Lewis | Fifth Middlesex | 4/12/2021 |
David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf | 17th Worcester | 5/10/2021 |
Natalie M. Higgins | 4th Worcester | 5/10/2021 |
Kay Khan | 11th Middlesex | 7/1/2021 |
Steven C. Owens | 29th Middlesex | 7/29/2021 |
Erika Uyterhoeven | 27th Middlesex | 9/20/2021 |
Elizabeth A. Malia | 11th Suffolk | 9/24/2021 |
James B. Eldridge | Middlesex and Worcester | 10/26/2021 |
Patricia D. Jehlen | Second Middlesex | 11/8/2021 |
Kevin G. Honan | 17th Suffolk | 11/15/2021 |
Carmine Lawrence Gentile | 13th Middlesex | 12/31/2021 |
Danillo A. Sena | 37th Middlesex | 1/6/2022 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2641 FILED ON: 2/18/2021
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3385
By Messrs. Rogers of Cambridge and Biele of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3385) of David M. Rogers, David Biele and others relative to Native American heritage. Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2948 OF 2019-2020.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)
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An Act to protect Native American heritage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. As used in this section, the following words shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the following meanings:–
"Native American" as defined in the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act in accordance with 25 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.
"funerary objects" as defined in the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act in accordance with 25 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.
"sacred objects" as defined in the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act in accordance with 25 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.
"objects of cultural patrimony" as defined defined in the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act in accordance with 25 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.
SECTION 2. The penalties and requirements of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act in accordance with 25 U.S.C. 3001 et seq. shall be enforced if an agency, organization, entity, or department receiving funds of any kind from the Commonwealth or any local government therein; or a trust, unincorporated association, nonprofit corporation organized under Chapter 180 of the Massachusetts General laws or public charity duly registered with the Office of the Attorney General moves to deacquisition any Native American funerary objects, human remains, sacred objects, or objects of cultural patrimony.