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Code · BILL · 115th Congress · S. 1400 (Introduced in Senate) — To amend title 18, United States Code, to enhance protections of Native American tangible cultural heritage, and for... · Sec. 2

Sec. 2. Enhanced protections for Native American cultural heritage

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Section 1170 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking 5 years each place it appears and inserting 10 years . Chapter 53 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: In this section: The term archaeological resource has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 ( 16 U.S.C. 470bb ). The term cultural item has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act ( 25 U.S.C. 3001 ).
The term Native American has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act ( 25 U.S.C. 3001 ). It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly export or otherwise transport from the United States any— Native American cultural item that was obtained in violation of section 1170 of this title or section 3(c) of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act ( 25 U.S.C. 3002(c) ); Native American archaeological resource that was obtained in violation of the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 ( 16 U.S.C. 470aa et seq.); or Native American object of antiquity that was obtained in violation of section 1866(b) of this title.
Any person who violates subsection
(b)shall— in the case of a first violation under this section, be fined under this title, imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both; and in the case of a second or subsequent violation under this section, be fined under this title, imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both. . The Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, shall prescribe such rules and regulations as are necessary and appropriate to carry out the amendments made by this section. The table of sections for chapter 53 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 1171. Illegal exportation of Native American cultural heritage. .
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Enhanced protections for Native American cultural heritage
U.S.C.§ 470bb
U.S.C.§ 3001
U.S.C.§ 3002
U.S.C.§ 470aa
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