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This bill revises the standard for providing satisfactory evidence to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regarding the importation of numismatic material (i.e., coins, tokens, paper money, medals, and related objects) into the United States. Current law generally prohibits the importation of designated archaeological or ethnological material that is exported from certain countries that are a party to the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property. Importation is allowed if the country issues a certification or other documentation certifying the exportation was not in violation of the country's laws. The United States implements its obligations through the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act. Under current law, CBP must seize imports of designated archaeological or ethnological material unless the importer establishes by certain documentation or satisfactory evidence that the material is admissible into the United States. This bill specifies the standard for satisfactory evidence with respect to numismatic material. Specifically, the bill allows for the import of numismatic material with evidence that the numismatic material was acquired and exported lawfully, is of a known type, and is not known to be the direct product of illicit excavations within certain countries after the effective date for any import restrictions on such material. The bill prohibits CBP,
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2025-01-21
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
2025-01-21
Introduced in House
2025-01-21
Introduced in House
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119 HR 595 IH: To amend the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act to make certain technical corrections to facilitate the lawful trade and collecting of numismatic materials. U.S. House of Representatives 2025-01-21 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 595 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 21, 2025 Ms. Van Duyne (for herself, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota , Mr. Amodei of Nevada , Mr. Owens , and Ms. Jacobs ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act to make certain technical corrections to facilitate the lawful trade and collecting of numismatic materials. 1. Amendments to Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act (a) Definitions Section 302 of the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act ( 19 U.S.C. 2601 ) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (8), (9), (10), and (11) as paragraphs (9), (10), (11), and (12), respectively; and (2) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following: (8) The term numismatic material includes coins, tokens, paper money, medals and related objects. . (b) Import restrictions Section 307 of the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act ( 19 U.S.C. 2606 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ; or at the end and inserting a comma; (B) in paragraph (2)(B), by adding or at the end; and (C) by inserting after paragraph (2)(B) (as amended) the following: (3) in the case of such material that is numismatic material, satisfactory evidence that the material was acquired lawfully, is of a known type, and is not known to be the direct product of illicit excavations within a State Party, ; (2) in subsection (c)— (A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking and at the end; (B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (3) for purposes of subsection (b)(3), one or more declarations under oath by the importer or the person for whose account the material is imported, stating that, to the best of his knowledge, the numismatic material— (A) was acquired lawfully in one or more States Party; (B) was lawfully exported from a State Party in which the numismatic material was acquired; (C) is of a type known to exist in multiple examples which has been published in a reference work on numismatics; and (D) is not known to be the direct product of illicit excavations within another State Party after the effective date for import restrictions on numismatic material granted to that State Party. ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (e) No other documentation required The customs officer reviewing the satisfactory evidence shall not require any documentation or statements additional to that which is set forth in subsection (c) unless the customs officer has probable cause based on documentary evidence to believe that the satisfactory evidence is false or fraudulent. .
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