2014 US Code
Title 19 - Customs Duties (Sections 1 - 4112)
Chapter 11 - Importation of Pre-Columbian Monumental or Architectural Sculpture or Murals (Sections 2091 - 2095)
Sec. 2095 - Definitions
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 19 - CUSTOMS DUTIES |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 19 - CUSTOMS DUTIES CHAPTER 11 - IMPORTATION OF PRE-COLUMBIAN MONUMENTAL OR ARCHITECTURAL SCULPTURE OR MURALS Sec. 2095 - Definitions |
Contains | section 2095 |
Date | 2014 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 92-587, title II, §205, Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1297. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 86 Stat. 1297 |
Public and Private Law | Public Law 92-587 |
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For the purposes of this chapter—
(1) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Treasury.
(2) The term "United States" includes the several States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(3) The term "pre-Columbian monumental or architectural sculpture or mural" means—
(A) any stone carving or wall art which—
(i) is the product of a pre-Columbian Indian culture of Mexico, Central America, South America, or the Caribbean Islands;
(ii) was an immobile monument or architectural structure or was a part of, or affixed to, any such monument or structure; and
(iii) is subject to export control by the country of origin; or
(B) any fragment or part of any stone carving or wall art described in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph.
(4) The term "country of origin", as applied to any pre-Columbian monumental or architectural sculpture or mural, means the country where such sculpture or mural was first discovered.
(Pub. L. 92–587, title II, §205, Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1297.)
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