---
title: "Screen a site for historic-property and cultural-item duties"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/planning-and-environment/screen-the-site-for-indigenous-cultural-heritage-native-title-or-tribal/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A12-T1-R8-US"
practice_area: "Planning & Environment"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Screen a site for historic-property and cultural-item duties

> List the federal funding, licence, or land status the papers already state, and any historic property or cultural item the papers already name. Do not clear the site.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/planning-and-environment/screen-the-site-for-indigenous-cultural-heritage-native-title-or-tribal/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Planning & Environment](https://ailawframework.com/practice/planning-and-environment.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | List the federal funding, licence, or land status the papers already state, and any historic property or cultural item the papers already name. Do not clear the site. |
| What the lawyer must review | 54 USC section 306108 requires a federal agency that has authority to license, or jurisdiction over, a federal or federally assisted undertaking to take into account the effect on any historic property before approving the expenditure or the licence, and to afford the Advisory Council a reasonable opportunity to comment. The definition of historic property is in section 300308, which was not opened. 25 USC section 3002 addresses ownership or control of Native American cultural items excavated or discovered on federal or tribal lands after 16 November 1990, and intentional excavation only if subsection (c) is met. Open subsection (c) before you say an excavation is permitted. This is not a native-title screen. There is no native-title register to search. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Screen the site for indigenous cultural-heritage, native-title or tribal-land issues](https://ailawframework.com/practice/planning-and-environment/screen-the-site-for-indigenous-cultural-heritage-native-title-or-tribal.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: List the federal funding, licence, or land status the papers already state, and any historic property or cultural item the papers already name. Do not clear the site.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Future-act and indigenous land-use agreement procedures have no US equivalent and are not part of this screen.
- The Advisory Council four-step pages were not opened. Do not describe those steps.

## Sources

- [54 USC section 306108 (effect of an undertaking on historic property)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/54/306108) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [25 USC section 3002 (ownership and excavation under NAGPRA)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/25/3002) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Model Rule 1.6, Confidentiality of Information](https://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/rule_1_6_confidentiality_of_information/) (checked 2026-10-22)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*