---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 423.28"
title: "43"
number: "423.28"
heading: "Memorials and reburials."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/423.28"
---

# §423.28. Memorials and reburials.

- (a) **Memorials.** You must not bury, deposit, or scatter human remains (except as noted in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section), or place memorials, markers, vases, or plaques on or in Reclamation facilities, lands, or waterbodies. See [§ 423.35](/cfr/43/423.35.md) for information on animal remains.
- (b) **Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) reburials.** You must not rebury human remains on or in Reclamation facilities, lands, or waterbodies unless permitted under [subpart D](/cfr/43/subpartD.md) of this part. An Indian Tribe official or the lineal descendants of federally recognized Tribes may apply for a permit issued pursuant to [subpart D](/cfr/43/subpartD.md) of this part to rebury NAGPRA ([25 U.S.C. 3001-3013](/usc/25/3001-3013.md)) human remains or cultural items (funerary objects, sacred objects, or objects of cultural patrimony) on or in Reclamation facilities, lands, or waterbodies.

## Notes

### Amendments

[88 FR 80991, Nov. 21, 2023]

### Authority

Authority: 43 U.S.C. 373a and 373b.

### Source

Source: 73 FR 75349, Dec. 11, 2008, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[88 FR 80991, Nov. 21, 2023]