HR595-119

1. Amendments to Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act Section 302 of the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 2601) is amended— by redesignating paragraphs (8), (9), (10), and (11) as paragraphs (9), (10), (11), and (12), respectively; and by inserting after paragraph (7) the following: The term numismatic material includes coins, tokens, paper money, medals and related objects. Section 307 of the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 2606) is amended— in subsection (b)— in paragraph (1), by striking ; or at the end and inserting a comma; in paragraph (2)(B), by adding orat the end; and by inserting after paragraph (2)(B) (as amended) the following: 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, in subsection (c)— in paragraph (1)(B), by striking and at the end; in paragraph (2)(B), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and; and by adding at the end the following: 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— was acquired lawfully in one or more States Party; was lawfully exported from a State Party in which the numismatic material was acquired; is of a type known to exist in multiple examples which has been published in a reference work on numismatics; and 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. by adding at the end the following: 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. (8)The term numismatic material includes coins, tokens, paper money, medals and related objects.. (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,; (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 (e)No other documentation requiredThe 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..