Ways and Means Sends Illegal Cultural Property Trade Prevention Bill to Full House
The House Ways and Means Committee on Sept. 14 by unanimous voice vote reported the Prevent Trafficking in Cultural Property Act to the full House for consideration. The bill would require CBP and ICE to designate a “principal coordinator” or…
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form a group to institute, coordinate and renew the agencies’ procedures regarding illegally imported cultural property (here). The bill also instructs CBP and ICE to update and develop rules, regulations and memoranda of understanding to “reflect changes in cultural property law,” to highlight and provide support for investigations and prosecutions of people involved in illegal importation of cultural goods, and to foster communication and collaboration between peer CBP and ICE offices as they work together on investigations. The legislation also directs CBP and ICE to train employees on cultural property law, identification of cultural property from regions particularly exposed to looting and trafficking, and proper investigatory and interdictory techniques.