19 USC § 2604 - Designation of materials covered by agreements or emergency actions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t19/s2604"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "19 USC § 2604 - Designation of materials covered by agreements or emergency actions"
title_number: 19
title_name: "CUSTOMS DUTIES"
section_number: "2604"
section_name: "Designation of materials covered by agreements or emergency actions"
chapter_number: 14
chapter_name: "CONVENTION ON CULTURAL PROPERTY"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 97–446, title III, § 305, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2355; Pub. L. 105–277, div. G, subdiv. A, title XIII, § 1335(d), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–788; Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1007(a)(7) [div. A, title VIII, § 802(d)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–468.)"
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# § 2604. Designation of materials covered by agreements or emergency actions

section 2602 of this titlesection 2603 of this titlesection 2606 of this title

After any agreement enters into force under , or emergency action is taken under , the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall by regulation promulgate (and when appropriate shall revise) a list of the archaeological or ethnological material of the State Party covered by the agreement or by such action. The Secretary may list such material by type or other appropriate classification, but each listing made under this section shall be sufficiently specific and precise to insure that (1) the import restrictions under  are applied only to the archeological and ethnological material covered by the agreement or emergency action; and (2) fair notice is given to importers and other persons as to what material is subject to such restrictions.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 97–446, title III, § 305, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2355; Pub. L. 105–277, div. G, subdiv. A, title XIII, § 1335(d), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–788; Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1007(a)(7) [div. A, title VIII, § 802(d)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–468.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1999— substituted “Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall” for “Secretary shall” in first sentence.

1998— struck out “, after consultation with the Director of the United States Information Agency,” after “title, the Secretary” in first sentence.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as a note under .

### Effective Date

Section effective on the 90th day after , or on any date which the President shall prescribe and publish in the Federal Register, with exceptions, see , set out as a note under .