19 U.S.C. § 2582 — Repealed. Pub. L. 98–67, title II, § 214(d),

Page 757 TITLE 19—CUSTOMS DUTIES § 2601 1 See References in Text note below. was classified generally to sections 1 to 6, 7 to 39 and 41 to 44 of the former Appendix to Title 50, War and Na- tional Defense, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as chapter 53 (§ 4301 et seq.) of Title 50. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Ta- bles. AMENDMENTS 1988—Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 100–418 substituted ‘‘notes of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States’’ for ‘‘headnotes of the Tariff Schedules of the United States’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1988 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 100–418 effective Jan. 1, 1989, and applicable with respect to articles entered on or after such date, see section 1217(b)(1) of Pub. L. 100–418, set out as an Effective Date note under section 3001 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE Pub. L. 96–39, title XI, § 1114, July 26, 1979, 93 Stat. 317, provided that: ‘‘Except as otherwise provided in this title, this title [enacting this subchapter, amending the Tariff Schedules of the United States and sections 1315, 1337, 2112, 2119, 2131, 2155, 2192, 2253, 2432, 2434, 2435, 2462, 2463, 2464, 2481, and 2486 of this title, section 5315 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, and section 301 of Title 13, Census, enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 2111, 2112, and 2464 of this title and 301 of Title 13, and amending a provision set out as a note under section 2101 of this title] shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act [July 26, 1979].’’ § 2582. Repealed. Pub. L. 98–67, title II, § 214(d), Aug. 5, 1983, 97 Stat. 393 Section, Pub. L. 96–39, title XI, § 1112, July 26, 1979, 93 Stat. 316, authorized payment of compensation to losses in taxes resulting from concessions granted by United States in Tokyo Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations on articles produced by United States pos- sessions on which excise taxes are levied by United States. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL Repeal effective Aug. 5, 1983, see section 218(a) of Pub. L. 98–67, which is classified to section 2706 of this title. CHAPTER 14—CONVENTION ON CULTURAL PROPERTY Sec. 2601. Definitions. 2602. Agreements to implement Article 9 of the convention. 2603. Emergency implementation of import restric- tions. 2604. Designation of materials covered by agree- ments or emergency actions. 2605. Cultural Property Advisory Committee. 2606. Import restrictions. 2607. Stolen cultural property. 2608. Temporary disposition of materials and arti- cles subject to this chapter. 2609. Seizure and forfeiture. 2610. Evidentiary requirements. 2611. Certain material and articles exempt from this chapter. 2612. Regulations. 2613. Enforcement. § 2601. Definitions For purposes of this chapter— (1) The term ‘‘agreement’’ includes any amendment to, or extension of, any agreement under this chapter that enters into force with respect to the United States. (2) The term ‘‘archaeological or ethnological material of the State Party’’ means— (A) any object of archaeological interest; (B) any object of ethnological interest; or (C) any fragment or part of any object re- ferred to in subparagraph (A) or (B); which was first discovered within, and is sub- ject to export control by, the State Party. For purposes of this paragraph— (i) no object may be considered to be an object of archaeological interest unless such object— (I) is of cultural significance; (II) is at least two hundred and fifty years old; and (III) was normally discovered as a result of scientific excavation, clandestine or ac- cidental digging, or exploration on land or under water; and (ii) no object may be considered to be an object of ethnological interest unless such object is— (I) the product of a tribal or nonindus- trial society, and (II) important to the cultural heritage of a people because of its distinctive charac- teristics, comparative rarity, or its con- tribution to the knowledge of the origins, development, or history of that people. (3) The term ‘‘Committee’’ means the Cul- tural Property Advisory Committee estab- lished under section 2605 of this title. (4) The term ‘‘consignee’’ means a consignee as defined in section 1483 1 of this title. (5) The term ‘‘Convention’’ means the Con- vention on the means of prohibiting and pre- venting the illicit import, export, and transfer of ownership of cultural property adopted by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organi- zation at its sixteenth session. (6) The term ‘‘cultural property’’ includes articles described in article 1(a) through (k) of the Convention whether or not any such arti- cle is specifically designated as such by any State Party for the purposes of such article. (7) The term ‘‘designated archaeological or ethnological material’’ means any archae- ological or ethnological material of the State Party which— (A) is— (i) covered by an agreement under this chapter that enters into force with respect to the United States, or (ii) subject to emergency action under section 2603 of this title, and (B) is listed by regulation under section 2604 of this title. (8) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Sec- retary of the Treasury or his delegate. (9) The term ‘‘State Party’’ means any na- tion which has ratified, accepted, or acceded to the Convention.