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Cultural Conservation of the Crossroads of Civilization Act
Introduced: February 17, 2005
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 3, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Feb 17, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 17, 2005
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Cultural Conservation of the Crossroads of Civilization Act - Authorizes the President to exercise authority under the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act to implement specified emergency restrictions on imports in order to protect certain archaeological or ethnological materials of Afghanistan which are illegally removed after enactment of this Act.
Authorizes such measures as if Afghanistan were a State Party under such Act.
Terminates the President's authority under this Act upon the earlier of: (1) five years after the President certifies normalization of U.S.-Afghanistan relations; or (2) September 30, 2010.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1