Federal Register #2026-21109

NAGPRA repatriation notice and TSA TSO medical questionnaire information-collection renewal

This Federal Register excerpt combines a Native American repatriation notice with a separate TSA information-collection renewal, and neither is a procurement solicitation or contract award. - Government agencies: The repatriation notice is from the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. The separate information-collection renewal is from the Transportation Security Administration, U.S. Department of Homeland Security. - Repatriation notice: Yale Peabody Museum at Yale University reported the remains of one Native American individual, with no associated funerary objects. The notice identifies cultural affiliation with the Cherokee Nation, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. Eligible tribes or other claimants may seek repatriation by establishing the required cultural affiliation or lineal descent. - Other notices in the excerpt: It also refers to repatriation notices involving Harvard University collections and associated funerary objects held by the Niles History Center. - Separate TSA collection: TSA seeks renewal for up to three years of its Transportation Security Officer (TSO) Medical Questionnaire information collection, OMB Control Number 1652-0032. It includes an online questionnaire and a medical clearance form completed by a licensed physician or other licensed health practitioner; TSA estimates 18,000 respondents and 43,200 burden hours annually. - Procurement status: No products, commercial services, OEMs, vendors, contract value, or performance period are identified. The TSA renewal is an information collection, not a purchase.

Description

The Yale Peabody Museum completed an inventory of human remains under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The inventory identifies the remains of one individual of Native American ancestry and reports a connection with the Cherokee Nation, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. The remains were removed from a cave near the Lee Court House in Lee County, Virginia, during or before 1869, and donated to the museum in 1869. Repatriation may occur on or after November 16, 2026.

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