19 USC § 2095 - Definitions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t19/s2095"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "19 USC § 2095 - Definitions"
title_number: 19
title_name: "CUSTOMS DUTIES"
section_number: "2095"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 11
chapter_name: "IMPORTATION OF PRE-COLUMBIAN MONUMENTAL OR ARCHITECTURAL SCULPTURE OR MURALS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 92–587, title II, § 205, Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1297.)"
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# § 2095. Definitions

For the purposes of this chapter—

**(1)** The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Treasury.

**(2)** The term “United States” includes the several States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

**(3)** The term “pre-Columbian monumental or architectural sculpture or mural” means—

**(A)** any stone carving or wall art which—

**(i)** is the product of a pre-Columbian Indian culture of Mexico, Central America, South America, or the Caribbean Islands;

**(ii)** was an immobile monument or architectural structure or was a part of, or affixed to, any such monument or structure; and

**(iii)** is subject to export control by the country of origin; or

**(B)** any fragment or part of any stone carving or wall art described in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph.

**(4)** The term “country of origin”, as applied to any pre-Columbian monumental or architectural sculpture or mural, means the country where such sculpture or mural was first discovered.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 92–587, title II, § 205, Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1297.)