Annual Report to Congress on the Federal Archaeological Program FY1983 and FY1984

This report was prepared for the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and the House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee of the United States Congress. It was prepared pursuant to section 5(c) of the Archeological and Historic Preservation Act of 1974: (Public Law 93-291; 74 Stat. 220; 16 U.S.C. 469-469c) and section 13 of the Archaeological Resources Protection Ac.t of 1979 (Public Law 96-95; 93 Stat. 721; 16 U.S.C. 470aa). Under these Acts, the Secretary of the Interior is directed to submit an annual report on the Federal archeological program and on activities carried out under the provisions of the 1979 Act to the United States Congress. As a part of this report the Secretary is to indicate the scope and effectiveness of the program, the specific projects surveyed and the results produced, and the associated costs. In addition, the Secretary is to make appropriate recommendations as to changes or improvements needed in the provisions of the 1979 Act.