[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
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[H.R. 1493 Reported in Senate (RS)]
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Calendar No. 360
114th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 1493
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 2, 2015
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
February 2, 2016
Reported by Mr. Corker, with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
To protect and preserve international cultural property at risk due to
political instability, armed conflict, or natural or other disasters,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>
<DELETED> This Act may be cited as the ``Protect and Preserve
International Cultural Property Act''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 2. DEFINITION.</DELETED>
<DELETED> In this Act:</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The
term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the
Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Ways and Means,
the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on the
Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Foreign Relations, the Committee on Finance, the Committee on
Armed Services, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the
Senate.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Cultural property.--The term ``cultural
property'' includes property covered under--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) the Hague Convention for the
Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed
Conflict, concluded at The Hague on May 14, 1954
(Treaty Doc. 106-1(A));</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) Article 1 of the Convention Concerning
the Protection of the World's Cultural and Natural
Heritage, adopted by UNESCO on November 23, 1972
(commonly referred to as the ``1972 Convention'');
or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) Article 1 of the Convention on the
Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import,
Export, and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property,
adopted by UNESCO on November 14, 1970 (commonly
referred to as the ``1970 UNESCO
Convention'').</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 3. FINDINGS AND STATEMENT OF POLICY.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) Over the years, international cultural
property has been looted, trafficked, lost, damaged, or
destroyed due to political instability, armed conflict, natural
disasters, and other threats.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) During China's Cultural Revolution, many
antiques were destroyed, including a large portion of old
Beijing, and Chinese authorities are now attempting to rebuild
portions of China's lost architectural heritage.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) In 1975, the Khmer Rouge, after seizing power
in Cambodia, systematically destroyed mosques and nearly every
Catholic church in the country, along with many Buddhist
temples, statues, and Buddhist literature.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) In 2001, the Taliban destroyed the Bamiyan
Buddhas, ancient statues carved into a cliffside in central
Afghanistan, leading to worldwide condemnation.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) After the fall of Saddam Hussein, thieves
looted the Iraq Museum in Baghdad, resulting in the loss of
approximately 15,000 items, including ancient amulets,
sculptures, ivories, and cylinder seals. Many of these items
remain unrecovered.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (6) The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
not only affected 11 countries, causing massive loss of life,
but also damaged or destroyed libraries, archives, and World
Heritage Sites such as the Mahabalipuram in India, the Sun
Temple of Koranak on the Bay of Bengal, and the Old Town of
Galle and its fortifications in Sri Lanka.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (7) In Haiti, the 2010 earthquake destroyed art,
artifacts, and archives, and partially destroyed the 17th
century Haitian city of Jacmel.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (8) In Mali, the Al-Qaeda affiliated terrorist
group Ansar Dine destroyed tombs and shrines in the ancient
city of Timbuktu--a major center for trade, scholarship, and
Islam in the 15th and 16th centuries--and threatened
collections of ancient manuscripts.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (9) In Egypt, recent political instability has led
to the ransacking of museums, resulting in the destruction of
countless ancient artifacts that will forever leave gaps in
humanity's record of the ancient Egyptian
civilization.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (10) In Syria, the ongoing civil war has resulted
in the shelling of medieval cities, damage to five World
Heritage Sites, and the looting of museums containing artifacts
that date back more than six millennia and include some of the
earliest examples of writing.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (11) In Iraq and Syria, the militant group ISIL
has destroyed numerous cultural sites and artifacts, such as
the Tomb of Jonah in July 2014, in an effort to eradicate
ethnic and religious minorities from contested territories.
Concurrently, cultural antiquities that escape demolition are
looted and trafficked to help fund ISIL's militant
operations.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (12) On February 12, 2015, the United Nations
Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 2199 (2015),
which ``[r]eaffirms its decision in paragraph 7 of resolution
1483 (2003) and decides that all Member States shall take
appropriate steps to prevent the trade in Iraqi and Syrian
cultural property and other items of archaeological,
historical, cultural, rare scientific, and religious importance
illegally removed from Iraq since 6 August 1990 and from Syria
since 15 March 2011, including by prohibiting cross-border
trade in such items, thereby allowing for their eventual safe
return to the Iraqi and Syrian people.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (13) United Nations Security Council resolution
2199 (2015) also warns that ISIL and other extremist groups are
trafficking cultural heritage items from Iraq and Syria to fund
their recruitment efforts and carry out terrorist
attacks.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (14) The destruction of cultural property
represents an irreparable loss of humanity's common cultural
heritage and is therefore a loss for all Americans.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (15) Protecting international cultural property is
a vital part of United States cultural diplomacy, showing the
respect of the United States for other cultures and the common
heritage of humanity.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (16) The United States Armed Forces have played
important roles in preserving and protecting cultural property.
In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established a
commission to advise the United States military on the
protection of cultural property. The commission formed teams of
individuals known as the ``Monuments Men'' who are credited
with securing, cataloguing, and returning hundreds of thousands
of works of art stolen by the Nazis during World War
II.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (17) The Department of State, in response to the
Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act, noted that
``the legislation is important to our foreign relations,
including our international cultural relations. The expanding
worldwide trade in objects of archaeological and ethnological
interest has led to wholesale depredations in some countries,
resulting in the mutilation of ceremonial centers and
archaeological complexes of ancient civilizations and the
removal of stone sculptures and reliefs.''. The Department
further noted that ``[t]he United States considers that on
grounds of principle, good foreign relations, and concern for
the preservation of the cultural heritage of mankind, it should
render assistance in these situations.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (18) The U.S. Committee of the Blue Shield was
founded in 2006 to support the implementation of the 1954 Hague
Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event
of Armed Conflict and to coordinate with the United States
military, other branches of the United States Government, and
other cultural heritage nongovernmental organizations in
preserving international cultural property threatened by
political instability, armed conflict, or natural or other
disasters.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Statement of Policy.--It shall be the policy of the
United States to--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) protect and preserve international cultural
property at risk of looting, trafficking, and destruction due
to political instability, armed conflict, or natural or other
disasters;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) protect international cultural property
pursuant to its obligations under international treaties to
which the United States is a party;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) prevent, in accordance with existing laws,
importation of cultural property pillaged, looted, stolen, or
trafficked at all times, including during political
instability, armed conflict, or natural or other disasters;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) ensure that existing laws and regulations,
including import restrictions imposed through the Office of
Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) of the Department of the Treasury,
are fully implemented to prevent trafficking in stolen or
looted cultural property.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 4. UNITED STATES COORDINATOR FOR INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL
PROPERTY PROTECTION.</DELETED>
<DELETED> The Secretary of State shall designate a Department of
State employee at the Assistant Secretary level or above to serve
concurrently as the United States Coordinator for International
Cultural Property Protection. The Coordinator shall--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) coordinate and promote efforts to protect
international cultural property, especially activities that
involve multiple Federal agencies;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) act as Chair of the Coordinating Committee on
International Cultural Property Protection established under
section 5;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) resolve interagency differences;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) develop strategies to reduce illegal trade and
trafficking in international cultural property in the United
States and abroad, including by reducing consumer demand for
such trade;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) support activities to assist countries that
are the principle sources of trafficked cultural property to
protect cultural heritage sites and to prevent cultural
property looting and theft;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (6) work with and consult domestic and
international actors such as foreign governments,
intergovernmental organizations, nongovernmental organizations,
museums, educational institutions, and research institutions to
protect international cultural property; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (7) submit to the appropriate congressional
committees the annual report required under section
6.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 5. COORDINATING COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL
PROPERTY PROTECTION.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) Establishment.--There is established a Coordinating
Committee on International Cultural Property Protection (in this
section referred to as the ``Committee'').</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Functions.--The full Committee shall meet not less
often than annually to coordinate and inform Federal efforts to protect
international cultural property and to facilitate the work of the
United States Coordinator for International Cultural Property
Protection designated under section 4.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) Membership.--The Committee shall be composed of the
United States Coordinator for International Cultural Property
Protection, who shall act as Chair, and representatives of the
following:</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) The Department of State.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) The Department of Defense.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) The Department of Homeland Security, including
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and
Border Protection.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) The Department of the Interior.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) The Department of Justice, including the
Federal Bureau of Investigation.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (6) The United States Agency for International
Development.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (7) The Smithsonian Institution.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (8) Such other entities as the Chair determines
appropriate.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (d) Subcommittees.--The Committee may include such
subcommittees and taskforces as the Chair determines appropriate. Such
subcommittees or taskforces may be comprised of a subset of the
Committee members or of such other members as the Chair determines
appropriate. At the discretion of the Chair, the provisions of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) and section 552b of
title 5 of the United States Code (relating to open meetings) shall not
apply to activities of such subcommittees or taskforces.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (e) Consultation.--The Committee shall consult with
governmental and nongovernmental organizations, including the U.S.
Committee of the Blue Shield, museums, educational institutions, and
research institutions on efforts to promote and protect international
cultural property.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 6. REPORTS ON ACTIVITIES TO PROTECT INTERNATIONAL
CULTURAL PROPERTY.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of
this Act and annually thereafter for the next 6 years, the Secretary of
State, acting through the United States Coordinator for International
Cultural Property Protection, and in consultation with the
Administrator of the United States Agency for International
Development, the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General, and the
Secretary of Homeland Security, as appropriate, shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report that includes information
on activities of--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) the United States Coordinator and the
Coordinating Committee on International Cultural Property
Protection to protect international cultural
property;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) the Department of State to protect
international cultural property, including activities
undertaken pursuant to the Hague Convention for the Protection
of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, and other
statutes, international agreements, and policies, including--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) procedures the Department has
instituted to protect international cultural property
at risk of destruction due to political instability,
armed conflict, or natural or other disasters;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) actions the Department has taken to
protect international cultural property in conflicts to
which the United States is a party;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) the United States Agency for International
Development (USAID) to protect international cultural property,
including activities and coordination with other Federal
agencies, international organizations, and nongovernmental
organizations regarding the protection of international
cultural property at risk due to political unrest, armed
conflict, natural or other disasters, and USAID development
programs;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) the Department of Defense to protect
international cultural property, including activities
undertaken pursuant to the Hague Convention for the Protection
of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and other
cultural property protection statutes and international
agreements, including--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) directives, policies, and regulations
the Department has instituted to protect international
cultural property at risk of destruction due to
political instability, armed conflict, or natural or
other disasters; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) actions the Department has taken to
avoid damage to cultural property through construction
activities abroad; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) the Department of Homeland Security and the
Department of Justice, including the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, to protect both international cultural property
abroad and international cultural property located in, or
attempted to be imported into, the United States, including
activities undertaken pursuant to statutes and international
agreements, including--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) statutes and regulations the
Department has employed in criminal, civil, and civil
forfeiture actions to prevent and interdict trafficking
in stolen and smuggled cultural property, including
investigations into transnational organized crime and
smuggling networks; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) actions the Department has taken in
order to ensure the consistent and effective
application of law in cases relating to both
international cultural property abroad and
international cultural property located in, or
attempted to be imported into, the United
States.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION FOR FEDERAL AGENCIES TO ENGAGE IN
INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL PROPERTY PROTECTION ACTIVITIES
WITH THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any agency
that is involved in international cultural property protection
activities is authorized to enter into agreements or memoranda of
understanding with the Smithsonian Institution to temporarily engage
personnel from the Smithsonian Institution for the purposes of
furthering such international cultural property protection
activities.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 8. EMERGENCY PROTECTION FOR SYRIAN CULTURAL
PROPERTY.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) Presidential Determination.--Notwithstanding
subsection (b) of section 304 of the Convention on Cultural Property
Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 2603) (relating to a Presidential
determination that an emergency condition applies with respect to any
archaeological or ethnological material of any State Party to the
Convention), the President shall apply the import restrictions referred
to in such section 304 with respect to any archaeological or
ethnological material of Syria, except that subsection (c) of such
section 304 shall not apply. Such import restrictions shall take effect
not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this
Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Annual Determination Regarding Certification.--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) Determination.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) In general.--The President shall, not
less often than annually, determine whether at least
one of the conditions specified in subparagraph (B) is
met, and shall notify the appropriate congressional
committees of such determination.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) Conditions.--The conditions referred
to in subparagraph (A) are the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) The Government of Syria is
incapable, at the time a determination under
such subparagraph is made, of fulfilling the
requirements to request an agreement under
section 303 of the Convention on Cultural
Property Implementation Act (19 U.S.C.
2602).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) It would be against the
United States national interest to enter into
such an agreement.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Termination of restrictions.--The import
restrictions referred to in subsection (a) shall terminate on
the date that is 5 years after the date on which the President
determines that neither of the conditions specified in
paragraph (1)(B) are met, unless before such termination date
Syria requests to enter into an agreement with the United
States pursuant to section 303 of the Convention on Cultural
Property Implementation Act, in which case such import
restrictions may remain in effect until the earliest of
either--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) the date that is 3 years after the
date on which Syria makes such a request; or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) the date on which the United States
and Syria enter into such an agreement.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) Waiver.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) In general.--The President may waive the
import restrictions referred to in subsection (a) for specified
cultural property if the President certifies to the appropriate
congressional committees that the conditions described in
paragraph (2) are met.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Conditions.--The conditions referred to in
paragraph (1) are the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) The foreign owner or custodian of the
specified cultural property has requested such property
be temporarily located in the United States for
protection purposes.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) Such property shall be returned to the
foreign owner or custodian when requested by such
foreign owner or custodian.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) Granting a waiver under this
subsection will not contribute to illegal trafficking
in cultural property or financing of criminal or
terrorist activities.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) Action.--If the President grants a waiver
under this subsection, the specified cultural property that is
the subject of such waiver shall be placed in the temporary
custody of the United States Government or in the temporary
custody of a cultural or educational institution within the
United States for the purpose of protection, restoration,
conservation, study, or exhibition, without profit.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this Act
shall prevent application of the Act to render immune from
seizure under judicial process certain objects of cultural
significance imported into the United States for temporary
display or exhibition, and for other purposes (22 U.S.C. 2459;
Public Law 89-259) with respect to archaeological or
ethnological material of Syria.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (d) Definitions.--In this section--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) the term ``archaeological or ethnological
material of Syria'' means cultural property of Syria and other
items of archaeological, historical, cultural, rare scientific,
or religious importance unlawfully removed from Syria on or
after March 15, 2011; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) the term ``State Party'' has the meaning given
such term in section 302 of the Convention on Cultural Property
Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 2601).</DELETED>
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Protect and Preserve International
Cultural Property Act''.
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of Congress that the President should establish an
interagency coordinating committee to coordinate and advance the
efforts of the executive branch to protect and preserve international
cultural property at risk from political instability, armed conflict,
or natural or other disasters. Such committee should--
(1) be chaired by a Department of State employee of
Assistant Secretary rank or higher, concurrent with that
employee's other duties;
(2) include representatives of the Smithsonian Institution
and Federal agencies with responsibility for the preservation
and protection of international cultural property;
(3) consult with governmental and nongovernmental
organizations, including the United States Committee of the
Blue Shield, museums, educational institutions, and research
institutions on efforts to protect and preserve international
cultural property;
(4) coordinate and advance core United States interests
in--
(A) protecting and preserving international
cultural property;
(B) preventing and disrupting looting and illegal
trade and trafficking in international cultural
property, particularly exchanges that provide revenue
to terrorist and criminal organizations;
(C) protecting sites of cultural and archaeological
significance; and
(D) providing for the lawful exchange of
international cultural property.
SEC. 3. EMERGENCY PROTECTION FOR SYRIAN CULTURAL PROPERTY.
(a) In General.--The President shall exercise the authority of the
President under section 304 of the Convention on Cultural Property
Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 2603) to impose import restrictions set
forth in section 307 of that Act (19 U.S.C. 2606) with respect to any
archaeological or ethnological material of Syria--
(1) not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act;
(2) without regard to whether Syria is a State Party (as
defined in section 302 of that Act (19 U.S.C. 2601)); and
(3) notwithstanding--
(A) the requirement of subsection (b) of section
304 of that Act (19 U.S.C. 2603(b)) that an emergency
condition (as defined in subsection (a) of that
section) applies; and
(B) the limitations under subsection (c) of that
section.
(b) Annual Determination Regarding Certification.--
(1) Determination.--
(A) In general.--The President shall, not less
often than annually, determine whether at least 1 of
the conditions specified in subparagraph (B) is met,
and shall notify the appropriate congressional
committees of such determination.
(B) Conditions.--The conditions referred to in
subparagraph (A) are the following:
(i) The Government of Syria is incapable,
at the time a determination under such
subparagraph is made, of fulfilling the
requirements to request an agreement under
section 303 of the Convention on Cultural
Property Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 2602).
(ii) It would be against the United States
national interest to enter into such an
agreement.
(2) Termination of restrictions.--
(A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph
(B), the import restrictions referred to in subsection
(a) shall terminate on the date that is 5 years after
the date on which the President determines that neither
of the conditions specified in paragraph (1)(B) are
met.
(B) Request for termination.--If Syria requests to
enter into an agreement with the United States pursuant
to section 303 of the Convention on Cultural Property
Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 2602) on or after the
date on which the President determines that neither of
the conditions specified in paragraph (1)(B) are met,
the import restrictions referred to in subsection (a)
shall terminate on the earlier of--
(i) the date that is 3 years after the date
on which Syria makes such a request; or
(ii) the date on which the United States
and Syria enter into such an agreement.
(c) Waiver.--
(1) In general.--The President may waive the import
restrictions referred to in subsection (a) for specified
archaeological and ethnological material of Syria if the
President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees
that the conditions described in paragraph (2) are met.
(2) Conditions.--The conditions referred to in paragraph
(1) are the following:
(A)(i) The owner or lawful custodian of the
specified archaeological or ethnological material of
Syria has requested that such material be temporarily
located in the United States for protection purposes;
or
(ii) if no owner or lawful custodian can reasonably
be identified, the President determines that, for
purposes of protecting and preserving such material,
the material should be temporarily located in the
United States.
(B) Such material shall be returned to the owner or
lawful custodian when requested by such owner or lawful
custodian.
(C) There is no credible evidence that granting a
waiver under this subsection will contribute to illegal
trafficking in archaeological or ethnological material
of Syria or financing of criminal or terrorist
activities.
(3) Action.--If the President grants a waiver under this
subsection, the specified archaeological or ethnological
material of Syria that is the subject of such waiver shall be
placed in the temporary custody of the United States Government
or in the temporary custody of a cultural or educational
institution within the United States for the purpose of
protection, restoration, conservation, study, or exhibition,
without profit.
(4) Immunity from seizure.--Any archaeological or
ethnological material that enters the United States pursuant to
a waiver granted under this section shall have immunity from
seizure under Public Law 89-259 (22 U.S.C. 2459). All
provisions of Public Law 89-259 shall apply to such material as
if immunity from seizure had been granted under that Public
Law.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the
Committee on Finance of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the
Committee on Ways and Means of the House of
Representatives.
(2) Archaeological or ethnological material of syria.--The
term ``archaeological or ethnological material of Syria'' means
cultural property (as defined in section 302 of the Convention
on Cultural Property Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 2601)) that
is unlawfully removed from Syria on or after March 15, 2011.
SEC. 4. REPORT.
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act,
and annually thereafter for the next 6 years, the President shall
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the
efforts of the executive branch, during the 12-month period preceding
the submission of the report, to protect and preserve international
cultural property, including--
(1) whether an interagency coordinating committee as
described in section 2 has been established and, if such a
committee has been established, a description of the activities
undertaken by such committee, including a list of the entities
participating in such activities;
(2) a description of measures undertaken pursuant to
relevant statutes, including--
(A) actions to implement and enforce section 3 of
this Act and section 3002 of the Emergency Protection
for Iraqi Cultural Antiquities Act of 2004 (Public Law
108-429; 118 Stat. 2599), including measures to
dismantle international networks that traffic illegally
in cultural property;
(B) a description of any requests for a waiver
under section 3(c) of this Act and, for each such
request, whether a waiver was granted;
(C) a list of the statutes and regulations employed
in criminal, civil, and civil forfeiture actions to
prevent illegal trade and trafficking in cultural
property; and
(D) actions undertaken to ensure the consistent and
effective application of law in cases relating to
illegal trade and trafficking in cultural property; and
(3) actions undertaken in fulfillment of international
agreements on cultural property protection, including the
Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event
of Armed Conflict, done at The Hague May 14, 1954.
Calendar No. 360
114th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 1493
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
To protect and preserve international cultural property at risk due to
political instability, armed conflict, or natural or other disasters,
and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
February 2, 2016
Reported with an amendment