Back Again: A Bill Weakening the NHPA Has Been Proposed in the House
[UPDATE 1/12/15 5pm]: The text and title of the bill have been released. Known as the Military Land and National Defense Act, its text may be found here.
The Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act passed the House of Representatives late this afternoon. H.R. 889, which received broad bipartisan support by legislators in Congress, now goes to…
Last week the House Subcommittee on Terrorism and Illicit Finance held a hearing titled, “The Exploitation of Cultural Property: Examining Illicit Activity in the Antiquities and Art Trade.” View the…
Antiquities traffickers make their money by selling artifacts bulldozed from archaeological sites, sawed from ancient tombs, and chiseled from revered temples. Fences often convert these legacies of civilization into cash…
Transnational cultural heritage trafficking thrives on an opaque art and antiquities market. Attractive features of this marketplace include discretion surrounding business transactions, easy creation of shell corporations, the high probability…
Cultural property on the Moon at Apollo and other sites of space exploration are to be protected by the “One Small Step Act.” Historical artifacts on the moon have rocketed…
The president last week signed into law the Monuments Men Recognition Act of 2014 to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the men and women who fought to preserve cultural…