Sec. 8. Emergency protection for Syrian cultural property
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Notwithstanding subsection
(b)of section 304 of the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act ( 19 U.S.C. 2603 ) (relating to a Presidential determination that an emergency condition applies with respect to any archaeological or ethnological material of any State Party to the Convention), the President shall apply the import restrictions referred to in such section 304 with respect to any archaeological or ethnological material of Syria, except that subsection
(c)of such section 304 shall not apply. Such import restrictions shall take effect not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. In this section— the term archaeological or ethnological material of Syria means cultural property of Syria and other items of archaeological, historical, cultural, rare scientific, or religious importance unlawfully removed from Syria on or after March 15, 2011; and the term State Party has the meaning given such term in section 302 of the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act ( 19 U.S.C. 2601 ).
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