---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 C.F.R. § 291.26"
title: "36"
number: "291.26"
heading: "Repository agreements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/291.26"
---

# §291.26. Repository agreements.

- (a) The Authorized Officer may enter into an agreement with Federal and non-Federal repositories regarding the curation of paleontological resources and their associated records.
- (b) An agreement will contain the following, as appropriate, including but not limited to:
  - (1) A statement (updated as necessary) that identifies the collection or group of collections provided to the repository;
  - (2) A statement that identifies the Federal ownership and the Agency that administers the collection;
  - (3) A statement of work to be performed by the repository;
  - (4) A statement of the responsibilities of the Authorized Officer and the repository official for the long-term care of the collection;
  - (5) A statement that collections are available for scientific and educational uses consistent with [§ 291.22](/cfr/36/291.22.md);
  - (6) Any special procedures and restrictions for curatorial services and collection management, including loans;
  - (7) Provisions for consumptive analyses of paleontological specimens;
  - (8) Any special procedures and/or restrictions on the disclosure of specific locality data;
  - (9) A statement that all proceeds derived from any use of the collections will be used for their support;
  - (10) A statement that all exhibits, publications, and studies of Federal specimens by repository staff and/or repository research affiliates will credit the Agency that administers the collection;
  - (11) Specification of the frequency and methods for periodic inventories;
  - (12) A statement that accession, catalog, and inventory information will be made available to the Authorized Officer or their staff
  - (13) A statement that no employee of the repository will sell or financially encumber the collection;
  - (14) A statement that, in the event the repository can no longer provide care for a collection under the terms of the agreement, the repository official will notify the Authorized Officer in writing;
  - (15) A statement that the terminating party is responsible for the transfer of collections to another approved repository, including costs;
  - (16) The term of the repository agreement and procedures for modification, cancellation, suspension, extension, and termination of the agreement; and
  - (17) **Any additional terms and conditions as needed.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 470aaa through 470aaa-11.

### Source

Source: 80 FR 21630, Apr. 17, 2015, unless otherwise noted.