---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 470aaa–2"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "470aaa–2"
heading: "Public awareness and education program"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/470aaa-2"
units:
  - "Chapter 1C — Paleontological Resources Preservation"
---

# §470aaa–2. Public awareness and education program


The [Secretary](/usc/16/470aaa.md?p=5) shall establish a program to increase public awareness about the significance of [paleontological resources](/usc/16/470aaa.md?p=4).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 111–11, title VI, § 6303, Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1173.)