Well since we are citizens of this nation I guess it only makes sense that Wish You Were Here . . . Diving would start here. If you are going to dive in the USA and have intentions of recovering artifacts from US waters, or US owned, administered or managed sites outside US waters, please be aware of the following federal laws and regulations regarding those actions:

• Antiquities Act (16 U.S.C. 433)
• National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 470)
• Archaeological and Historic Preservation Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 469)
• Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 (16 U.S.C. 470aa)
• Theft of Government Property (18 U.S.C. 641)
• Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1987 (43 U.S.C. 2101)
• Documents, Historical Artifacts, and Condemned or Obsolete Combat Material: Loan, Gift or Exchange (10 U.S.C. 2572)
• Archaeological Resources Protection Act Final Uniform Regulations (32 C.F.R. 229)
• Protection of Historic Properties (36 C.F.R. 800)
• Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Historic Preservation Projects (36 C.F.R. 68)
• Abandoned Shipwreck Act Guidelines (55 F.R. 50116)
• National Register of Historic Places (36 C.F.R. 60)
• Determinations of Eligibility for Inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places (36 C.F.R. 63)
• Recovery of Scientific, Prehistoric, Historic, and Archaeological Data (36 C.F.R. 66)
• Curation of Federally-Owned and Administered Archaeological Collections (36 C.F.R. 79)
• Sunken Military Craft Act (H.R. 4200)
• and others