Assistance program
Cultural Resources Management
$8.6 Million committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- Bureau of Reclamation, Interior, Department of the
- Assistance
- Cooperative Agreements (Discretionary Grants)
- CFDA number
- 15.511
- What it does
- To manage and protect cultural resources on Reclamation land; provide for the curation of and public access to collectible heritage assets, including the increase of public awareness, appreciation, and knowledge of these resources; and provide for the protection and preservation of the tribal cultural resources impacted by operations of some Reclamation projects.
- Who benefits
- State and local governments, Tribes, universities, anyone/general public, entities that have an education mission or mission-component, and repositories that meet the standards of the Department of the Interior, Department Manual, Part 411: Identifying and Managing Museum Property, for facilities managing Federal museum property. Further information regarding the general purpose and scope of the Department Manual (DM) is included in Part 001, Chapter 1, of the DM. The DM may be accessed at http://elips.doi.gov/app_DM/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.
- Who applies
- State and local agencies, sponsored organizations, public nonprofit institutions/organizations, other public institutions/organizations, Federally-recognized Indian Tribal governments, minority groups, specialized groups, small businesses, profit organizations, private nonprofit institutions/organizations, quasi-public nonprofit institutions/organizations, other private institutions/organizations, and Native American Organizations, educational or scientific organization, or any institution, corporation, association, or individual that possesses the requisite professional requirements.
- Authorized by
- National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, Pub. L. 89 665, as amended (54 U.S.C. 300101 et seq.); Archaeological and Historic Preservation Act of 1974, P.L. 93-291 (54 U.S.C. 312505 et seq.); Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, P.L. 101-601 (25 U.S.C. 3001 et…
- Program site
- http://www.usbr.gov/cultural/ ↗
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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