The ACHP voted unanimously to adopt its “Policy Statement on Burial Sites, Human Remains, and Funerary Objects” on March 1, 2023. The policy statement establishes a set of standards and guidelines that federal and state agencies, contractors, and other relevant entities should, at a minimum, seek to implement in order to provide burial sites, human remains, and funerary objects the consideration and protection they deserve.

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