2018 US Code
Title 19 - Customs Duties
Chapter 11 - Importation of Pre-Columbian Monumental or Architectural Sculpture or Murals
Sec. 2095 - Definitions

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Citation 19 U.S.C. § 2095 (2018)
Section Name §2095. Definitions
Section Text

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.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 92–587, title II, §205, Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1297.)

 

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, 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 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 86 Stat. 1297
Public Law References Public Law 92-587
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