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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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Relating to the establishment of a task force to provide |
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recommendations for the repatriation and disposition of Indigenous |
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objects held by state institutions and agencies. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle D, Chapter 442, Texas Historical |
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Commission is amended by adding section 442.0066. to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 442.0069. NATIVE AMERICAN PROTECTION AND REPATRIATION |
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TASK FORCE. (a) The Texas Historical Commission shall establish a |
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task force to investigate and provide recommendations for the |
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repatriation and disposition of Native American and indigenous |
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human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, and other objects |
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of cultural patrimony that are held by state institutions and |
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agencies. |
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(b) The task force shall operate for no more than two years |
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from the date of which it is established by the commission. |
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(c) The task force shall consist of representatives from the |
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following groups: |
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(1) Federally recognized indigenous tribes who have |
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ancestral ties to Texas. |
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(2) Non-federally recognized indigenous tribes who |
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have ancestral ties to Texas and have requested remains or other |
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objects through the Native American Graves Protection and |
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Repatriation process previously. |
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(3) The Texas Historical Commission. |
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(4) The State Archeological Program. |
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(d) The Texas Historical Commission may include other |
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non-federally recognized indigenous tribes at their discretion. |
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(e) The Task Force shall provide an annual report with their |
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recommendations to the Legislature no later than December 31 each |
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year they are active. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |