Title 19 — Customs DutiesRelease 119-73not60
§2604 Designation of Materials Covered by Agreements or Emergency Actions
Title 19 › Chapter 14— CONVENTION ON CULTURAL PROPERTY › § 2604
Summary
When an agreement starts or an emergency action is used, the Secretary, working with the Secretary of State, must create and, when needed, update rules that list the archaeological or ethnological items from the country that the action covers. The list can sort items by type or other groups, but it must be clear enough so import limits apply only to the listed items and so importers and others know what is restricted.
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 5, 2026
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