HR 2285 · 114th Congress · Crime and Law Enforcement
Prevent Trafficking in Cultural Property Act
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EnactedLatest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.(2016-09-26)
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Prevent Trafficking in Cultural Property Act Declares that it is U.S. policy to: (1) ensure that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) enhance and unify their efforts to interdict, detain, seize, and investigate cultural property illegally imported into the United States, disrupt and dismantle smuggling and trafficking networks engaged in or facilitating illegal trade in cultural property, and support Offices of U.S. Attorneys in prosecuting persons engaged in such illegal trade; and (2) protect cultural property pursuant to U.S. obligations under international conventions. Requires the CBP and ICE to each designate a principal coordinator or group of personnel to direct, manage, coordinate, and update their respective policies and procedures, and conduct interagency communications, regarding illegally imported cultural property. Directs the CBP and ICE to update and devise directives, regulations, rules, and memoranda of understanding relating to policies and procedures on the illegal importation of cultural property in order to: (1) reflect changes in cultural property law, (2) emphasize investigating, and providing support fo…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 2285, Prevent Trafficking in Cultural Property Act
Dec 10, 2015As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on November 4, 2015
Full CBO report ↗H.R. 2285, Prevent Trafficking in Cultural Property Act
Sep 19, 2016As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on September 14, 2016
Full CBO report ↗Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office
Cosponsors (19)
12 Democrats7 Republicans