Title 19 — Customs DutiesRelease 119-73not60
§4402 Illicitly Imported, Exported, or Trafficked Cultural Property, Archaeological or Ethnological Materials, and Fish, Wildlife, and Plants
Title 19 › Chapter 28— TRADE FACILITATION AND TRADE ENFORCEMENT › Subchapter V— ADDITIONAL ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS › § 4402
Summary
Customs’ Commissioner and ICE’s Director must make sure officers are trained to spot, identify, hold, seize, and permanently take away cultural and archaeological objects and protected animals and plants that are illegally imported, exported, or trafficked. They may accept training and other help from outside experts.
Full Legal Text
Title 19, §4402
Customs Duties — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(a)The Commissioner and the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall ensure that appropriate personnel of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as the case may be, are trained in the detection, identification, detention, seizure, and forfeiture of cultural property, archaeological or ethnological materials, and fish, wildlife, and plants, the importation, exportation, or trafficking of which violates the laws of the United States.
(b)The Commissioner and the Director are authorized to accept training and other support services from experts outside of the Federal Government with respect to the detection, identification, detention, seizure, and forfeiture of cultural property, archaeological or ethnological materials, or fish, wildlife, and plants described in subsection (a).
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Citation
19 U.S.C. § 4402
Title 19 — Customs Duties
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60