Title 19 — Customs DutiesRelease 119-73
§2604 Designation of materials covered by agreements or emergency actions
Title 19 › Chapter CHAPTER 14— - CONVENTION ON CULTURAL PROPERTY › § 2604
Summary
After an agreement under section 2602 starts or an emergency action under section 2603 is taken, the Secretary, after consulting the Secretary of State, must make or update rules that list the State Party’s archaeological and ethnological materials covered. The list can group items by type but must be clear and precise so the section 2606 import limits apply only to those items and importers get fair notice.
Full Legal Text
Title 19, §2604
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After any agreement enters into force under section 2602 of this title, or emergency action is taken under section 2603 of this title, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall by regulation promulgate (and when appropriate shall revise) a list of the archaeological or ethnological material of the State Party covered by the agreement or by such action. The Secretary may list such material by type or other appropriate classification, but each listing made under this section shall be sufficiently specific and precise to insure that (1) the import restrictions under section 2606 of this title are applied only to the archeological and ethnological material covered by the agreement or emergency action; and (2) fair notice is given to importers and other persons as to what material is subject to such restrictions.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1999—Pub. L. 106–113 substituted “Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall” for “Secretary shall” in first sentence. 1998—Pub. L. 105–277 struck out “, after consultation with the Director of the United States Information Agency,” after “title, the Secretary” in first sentence.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1998 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 105–277 effective Oct. 1, 1999, see section 1301 of Pub. L. 105–277, set out as a note under section 6531 of Title 22.
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.
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Citation
19 U.S.C. § 2604
Title 19 — Customs Duties
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73