Sec. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS

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## SEC. 2 SENSE OF CONGRESS It is the sense of Congress that the President should establish an interagency coordinating committee to coordinate the efforts of the executive branch to protect and preserve international cultural property at risk from political instability, armed conflict, or natural or other disasters. Such committee should— ####

(1)be chaired by a Department of State employee of Assistant Secretary rank or higher, concurrent with that employee’s other duties; ####

(2)include representatives of the Smithsonian Institution and Federal agencies with responsibility for the preservation and protection of international cultural property; ####

(3)consult with governmental and nongovernmental organizations, including the United States Committee of the Blue Shield, museums, educational institutions, and research institutions, and participants in the international art and cultural property market on efforts to protect and preserve international cultural property; ####

(4)coordinate core United States interests in— #####

(A)protecting and preserving international cultural property; #####

(B)preventing and disrupting looting and illegal trade and trafficking in international cultural property, particularly exchanges that provide revenue to terrorist and criminal organizations; #####

(C)protecting sites of cultural and archaeological significance; and #####

(D)providing for the lawful exchange of international cultural property.