HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1611        FILED ON: 1/18/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3248

 

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

1/18/2023

David Biele

4th Suffolk

1/18/2023

Samantha Montaño

15th Suffolk

1/19/2023

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

1/26/2023

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

1/27/2023

Tram T. Nguyen

18th Essex

1/30/2023

Joanne M. Comerford

Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester

1/30/2023

Steven Owens

29th Middlesex

1/31/2023

Vanna Howard

17th Middlesex

1/31/2023

Josh S. Cutler

6th Plymouth

1/31/2023

Patricia A. Duffy

5th Hampden

2/2/2023

Tackey Chan

2nd Norfolk

2/2/2023

Erika Uyterhoeven

27th Middlesex

2/3/2023

Kevin G. Honan

17th Suffolk

2/3/2023

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

2/3/2023

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

2/5/2023

Jon Santiago

9th Suffolk

2/6/2023

Adrian C. Madaro

1st Suffolk

2/6/2023

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

2/6/2023

Carole A. Fiola

6th Bristol

2/7/2023

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

2/10/2023

William C. Galvin

6th Norfolk

2/13/2023

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

2/16/2023

James C. Arena-DeRosa

8th Middlesex

2/17/2023

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

2/22/2023

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

2/23/2023

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

2/24/2023

Simon Cataldo

14th Middlesex

2/24/2023

Kate Lipper-Garabedian

32nd Middlesex

3/4/2023

Michael P. Kushmerek

3rd Worcester

3/6/2023

Natalie M. Blais

1st Franklin

3/26/2023

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

3/28/2023

Kenneth I. Gordon

21st Middlesex

4/3/2023

Patrick M. O'Connor

First Plymouth and Norfolk

4/4/2023

Manny Cruz

7th Essex

4/18/2023

Edward R. Philips

8th Norfolk

6/15/2023

Chynah Tyler

7th Suffolk

7/17/2023

Denise C. Garlick

13th Norfolk

7/18/2023

Michelle L. Ciccolo

15th Middlesex

7/19/2023

Danillo A. Sena

37th Middlesex

8/18/2023

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

9/18/2023

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

9/22/2023

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

12/6/2023

David T. Vieira

3rd Barnstable

1/29/2024

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

1/30/2024


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1611        FILED ON: 1/18/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3248

By Representatives Rogers of Cambridge and Biele of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3248) 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. 3385 OF 2021-2022.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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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 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.