Cultural Property Protection Bill Reintroduced in the House
“We need to strengthen our ability to stop history’s looters from profiting off their crimes,” declared Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.-16) on Friday after introducing H.R. 1493, whose stated purpose is to “protect and preserve international cultural property risk due to instability, armed conflict, or natural or other disasters, and for other purposes.”
The proposed legislation is similar to a bill the lawmaker introduced last congressional session, the Protect and Preserve International Cultural Property Act (H.R. 5703), which failed to become law.
The text of the current bill is expected to be published by the Government Printing Office shortly and will be available here.
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