The Department of the Interior Department proposes new regulations that provide a framework to prevent the export for sale in foreign countries of Native American cultural items that are held in violation of current Federal laws to repatriate such items from individuals and organizations having such items and to improve coordination among Federal agencies Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations seeking to prevent the export and sale and support the repatriation of such items. The proposed rule would establish an export certification system set forth procedures for detention and repatriation of items subject to the rule establish a framework for voluntary return of items subject to the rule and establish interagency and Native working groups.