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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · H.R. 1493 (Introduced in House) — To protect and preserve international cultural property at risk due to political instability, armed conflict, or natu... · Sec. 2

Sec. 2. Definition

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In this Act: The term appropriate congressional committees means the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. The term cultural property includes property covered under— the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, concluded at The Hague on May 14, 1954 (Treaty Doc. 106–1(A)); Article 1 of the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World’s Cultural and Natural Heritage, adopted by UNESCO on November 23, 1972 (commonly referred to as the 1972 Convention ); or Article 1 of the Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export, and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property, adopted by UNESCO on November 14, 1970 (commonly referred to as the 1970 UNESCO Convention ).
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