### Question
What does National Register mean?


### Answer
**National Register** has the following meaning in *43 U.S.C. § 2102*:

> the National Register of Historic Places maintained by the Secretary of the Interior under section 101 of the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470a); [1](#2102_1_target)


(c) the terms "public lands", "Indian lands", and "Indian tribe" have the same meaning given the terms in the Archaeological Resource [2](#2102_2_target) Protection Act of 1979 (16 U.S.C. 470aa–470ll)

#### Citation:
  - *43 U.S.C. § 2102*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 39-ABANDONED SHIPWRECKS**

