123STA T . 11 74PUBLIC LA W 111 – 11 —M A R .3 0, 200 9(3)specif ic lo c a li tyd ata w ill n ot b e r eleased by t h e per -m ittee or repository witho u t the written permission of the S ec- retary . (d) MODIF I CAT IO N, S USPE NSION, AND R E V OCATION OF P E RM ITS. — ( 1 ) T he Secretary may modify, suspend, or re v o k e a permit issued under this section— ( A ) for resource, safety, or other mana g ement consider- ations
or ( B ) when there is a violation of term or condition of a permit issued pursuant to this section. ( 2 ) The permit shall be revoked if any person working under the authority of the permit is convicted under section 6 3 0 6 or is assessed a civil penalty under section 630 7 . (e) AREA CL OSURES.— I n order to protect paleontological or other resources or to provide for public safety, the Secretary may restrict access to or close areas under the Secretary ’ s j urisdiction to the collection of paleontological resources. SEC.6305 .C URATION O F RESOURCES. Any paleontological resource, and any data and records associ- ated with the resource, collected under a permit, shall be deposited in an approved repository. The Secretary may enter into agreements with non- F ederal repositories regarding the curation of these resources, data, and records. SEC. 6306. P RO H I B ITE D ACTS
CRI M INA L PENALTIES. (a) IN G ENERAL.—A person may not— (1) e x cavate, remove, damage, or otherwise alter or deface or attempt to excavate, remove, damage, or otherwise alter or deface any paleontological resources located on Federal land unless such activity is conducted in accordance with this sub- title; (2) exchange, transport, export, receive, or offer to exchange, transport, export, or receive any paleontological resource if the person knew or should have known such resource to have been excavated or removed from Federal land in viola- tion of any provisions, rule, regulation, law, ordinance, or permit in effect under Federal law, including this subtitle; or (3) sell or purchase or offer to sell or purchase any paleon- tological resource if the person knew or should have known such resource to have been excavated, removed, sold, purchased, exchanged, transported, or received from Federal land. (b) FALSE L A B ELIN GO FFENSES.—A person may not make or submit any false record, account, or label for, or any false identifica- tion of, any paleontological resource excavated or removed from Federal land. (c) PENALTIES.—A person who knowingly violates or counsels, procures, solicits, or employs another person to violate subsection (a) or (b) shall, upon conviction, be fined in accordance with title 1 8 , U nited States Code, or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both; but if the sum of the commercial and paleontological value of the paleontological resources involved and the cost of restoration and repair of such resources does not exceed $ 500, such person shall be fined in accordance with title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both. 16USC470a aa –5. 16 USC 470aaa–4.
