National Museum of the American Indian Act

National Museum
of the American Indian Act

Long title	National Museum of the American Indian Act
Acronyms (colloquial)	NMAI
Enacted by	the 101st United States Congress
Citations
Public law	Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 101–185
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate by Daniel Inouye[1] (D-Hawaii) on May 11, 1989 Committee consideration by United States Senate Committee on Rules, United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Passed the Senate on October 3, 1989 (voice vote) Passed the House as the H.R. 2668. House struck all of the Senate bill after the enacting clause and inserted in lieu thereof the provisions of H.R. 2668 on October 13, 1989 (without objection) with amendment Senate agreed to House amendment on October 14, 1989 (voice vote) Signed into law by President George H. W. Bush on November 28, 1989
Major amendments
National Museum of the American Indian Act Amendments of 1996, Pub. L. 104-278, October 9, 1996

The National Museum of the American Indian Act (NMAI Act) was enacted on November 28, 1989, as Public Law 101-185. The law established the National Museum of the American Indian as part of the Smithsonian Institution. The law also required the Secretary of the Smithsonian to prepare an inventory of all Indian and Native Hawaiian human remains and funerary objects in Smithsonian collections, as well as expeditiously return these items upon the request of culturally affiliated federally recognized Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations.