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Cultural Resources Management

Program Information

Popular name

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Program Number

15.511

Program objective

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.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2017

    Information not available. Numerous assistance agreements have been awarded to governmental entities and universities for the curation of museum property. Assistance agreements have been awarded to universities, museums, state historical societies, and a state historic preservation office for activities associated with the Archaeological and Historic Preservation Act, Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, Archaeological Resources Protection Act and National Historic Preservation Act. Accomplishments include excavation of archaeological sites at a reservoir drawn down for safety of dams work, the repatriation of Native American human remains to the Navajo Nation, curating collections and making them accessible to the public, educating the public regarding archaeological resources, copying archaeological site records, developing a restoration plan and beginning restoration of the smokestack at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center National Historic Landmark, and investigating human burials exposed by low water levels at Reclamation’s Lake Altus. In addition, Reclamation completed the digital archiving of the report entitled Vanishing River. Grants have been awarded to tribes in support of preservation of their cultural resources along the banks of the Colorado River as part of the Glen Canyon Adaptive Management Program.

  2. 2018

    Information not available.

  3. 2019

    Information not available.

  4. 2020

    Information not available.

  5. 2023

    Continued the professional curation of archaeological collections owned by the bureau, provided funding for Tribal monitoring of Glen Canyon to support the adaptive management program.

  6. 2024

    Support the Cultural Resources Management Requirements of the National Historic Preservation Act by supporting museum curation of artifacts.

  7. 2025

    Provide creative mitigation strategies for compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act and continued Curation of archaeological collections.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

2 CFR 200 UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS, COST PRINCIPLES, AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL AWARDS and the applicable OMB Circulars. These documents may also be obtained by contacting the Bureau of Reclamation office listed below.

  1. 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 seq.).