#aaf? ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,s4    
#bhbg  ,,an ,,act  ,to au?orize !       
,secret>y ( ! ,int]ior to conduct a /udy
 ( ,african ,am]ican burial gr\nds1 & = 
o!r purposes4  #a4 ,%ort title ,?is ,act
 may be cit$ z ! ,african ,am]ican      
,burial ,gr\nds ,/udy ,act4  #b4        
,def9itions ,9 ?is ,act3 7#a7 ,burial   
gr\nd ,! t]m burial gr\nd means any     
natural or prep>$ physical location1    
:e!r orig9ally bel[1 on1 or above !     
surface ( ! e>?1 into :i* human rema9s  
are deposit$ z a "p ( ! dea? rite or    
c]emony ( a culture4  7#b7 ,secret>y ,! 
t]m ,secret>y means ! ,secret>y ( !     
,int]ior1 act+ ?r\gh ! ,director ( !    
,national ,p>k ,s]vice4  #c4 ,african   
,am]ican burial gr\nds /udy  7a7 ,9     
g5]al ,! ,secret>y %all conduct a /udy (
 ways to id5tify1 int]pret1 pres]ve1 &  
record unm>k$1 previ\sly ab&on$1        
und]s]v$1 or o!r burial gr\nds relat+ to
 ! hi/oric ,african ,am]ican exp]i5ce4  
7b7 ,requirem5ts ,9 conduct+ ! /udy "u  
subsection 7a71 ! ,secret>y %all        

consid]-- 7#a7 ways to engage )         
desc5dant1 local1 & o!r communities     
hi/orically associat$ ) id5tifi$ burial 
gr\nds by geography1 g5ealogy1 or       
culture2  7#b7 appropriate processes to 
id5tify locations ( unm>k$ & unrecord$  
,african ,am]ican burial gr\nds )       
appropriate consid]ation = ! privacy &  
safety ( ! burial gr\nds2  7#c7         
alt]natives = provid+ 9 a public        
database1 z appropriate1 ! locations (1 
& in=mation on1 record$ & unrecord$     
,african ,am]ican burial gr\nds2  7#d7  
alt]natives = commemorat+ & int]pret+   
,african ,am]ican burial gr\nds2 &  7#e7
 be/ practices = pres]v+ burial gr\nd   
l&scapes & c>+ = artifacts4  7c7 ,report
 ,n lat] ?an #c ye>s aft] ! date on :i* 
funds are fir/ made available to c>ry   
out ! /udy "u subsection 7a71 !         
,secret>y %all submit to ! ,committee on
 ,en]gy & ,natural ,res\rces ( ! ,s5ate 
& ! ,committee on ,natural ,res\rces ( !
 ,h\se ( ,repres5tatives a report       
describ+-- 7#a7 ! f9d+s ( ! /udy2 &     

7#b7 any recomm5dations ( ! ,secret>y4  
,pass$ ! ,s5ate ,decemb] #bj1           
#bjbj4,secret>y