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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2963 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3597 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | David M. Rogers and David Biele |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act to protect Native American heritage. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:David M. Rogers24th Middlesex1/16/2025David Biele4th Suffolk1/16/2025Natalie M. Blais1st Franklin1/25/2025Manny Cruz7th Essex2/4/2025Patrick Joseph Kearney4th Plymouth1/22/2025Erika Uyterhoeven27th Middlesex3/6/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2963 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3597 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representatives Rogers of Cambridge and Biele of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, |
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| 19 | 19 | | House, No. 3597) of David M. Rogers, David Biele and others relative to Native American |
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| 20 | 20 | | heritage. Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 3248 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act to protect Native American heritage. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 SECTION 1. As used in this section, the following words shall, unless the context |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2otherwise requires, have the following meanings:– |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 "Native American" as defined in the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4Act in accordance with 25 U.S.C. 3001 et seq. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5 "funerary objects" as defined in the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6Act in accordance with 25 U.S.C. 3001 et seq. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7 "sacred objects" as defined in the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8Act in accordance with 25 U.S.C. 3001 et seq. 2 of 2 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9 "objects of cultural patrimony" as defined in the Native American Graves Protection and |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10Repatriation Act in accordance with 25 U.S.C. 3001 et seq. |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11 SECTION 2. The penalties and requirements of the Native American Graves Protection |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12and Repatriation Act in accordance with 25 U.S.C. 3001 et seq. shall be enforced if an agency, |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13organization, entity, or department receiving funds of any kind from the Commonwealth or any |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14local government therein; or a trust, unincorporated association, nonprofit corporation organized |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15under Chapter 180 of the Massachusetts General laws or public charity duly registered with the |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16Office of the Attorney General moves to deacquisition any Native American funerary objects, |
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| 47 | 47 | | 17human remains, sacred objects, or objects of cultural patrimony. |
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