2020 US Code
Title 19 - Customs Duties
Chapter 14 - Convention on Cultural Property
Sec. 2607 - Stolen cultural property

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Citation 19 U.S.C. § 2607 (2020)
Section Name §2607. Stolen cultural property
Section Text

No article of cultural property documented as appertaining to the inventory of a museum or religious or secular public monument or similar institution in any State Party which is stolen from such institution after the effective date of this chapter, or after the date of entry into force of the Convention for the State Party, whichever date is later, may be imported into the United States.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 97–446, title III, §308, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2360.)

Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT

For the effective date of this chapter, referred to in text, see section 315 of Pub. L. 97–446, set out as an Effective Date note under section 2601 of this title.

EFFECTIVE DATE

Section effective on the 90th day after Jan. 12, 1983, or on any date which the President shall prescribe and publish in the Federal Register, with exceptions, see section 315 of Pub. L. 97–446, set out as a note under section 2601 of this title.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 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 14 - CONVENTION ON CULTURAL PROPERTY
Sec. 2607 - Stolen cultural property
Contains section 2607
Date 2020
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 13, 2021
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 96 Stat. 2360
Public Law References Public Law 97-446
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