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Public Law 97-446 (12.01.1983)
1983
Exportation
Importation
Maintenance
Return
Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property
en
American Antiquities Act of 1906 as amended (16 USC 431-433)
1906
Protected Area or Good
Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property
en
Archaeological and Historic Preservation Act of 1974 as amended (16 USC 469-469-2)
1974
Maintenance
Protected Area or Good
Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property
en
Archaeological Resouces Protection Act of 1979, as amended (16 USC 470aa-mm)
1979
Maintenance
Protected Area or Good
Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property
en
Executive Order 12555
1986
Protected Area or Good
Statutes of limitation
Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property
en
Native American Graves protection and Repatriation Act of 1990
1990
Protected Area or Good
Restitution
Return
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en
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act: Final Rule
1995
Protected Area or Good
Restitution
Return
Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property
en
The Historic Sites Act of 1935 (16 USC 431- sets up the criteria for National historic Landmarks)
1935
Promotion and Development
Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property
en
Implementation of the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (19 USC 2601)
1972
Exportation
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Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property
en
Regulation of Importation of Pre-Columbian Monumental or Architectural Sculpture or Murals, Public Law 92-587, 19 USCA sections 2091ff
1972
Exportation
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Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property
en
National Historic Preservation Act (1966)
1966
Protected Area or Good
Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property
en
The National Trails System Act of 1968 (16 USC 1241-1251) as amended through P.L. 111-11, March 30, 2009
1968
Maintenance
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Cultural Immovable Heritage
Natural Heritage
en
National Stolen Property Act- Sections 2314 and 2315 of US Code, title 18-Crimes and Criminal Procedure (1983 as amended in 1987)
1983
Sanctions
Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property
en
Protection of Archaeological Resources (43 CFR 7)
1997
Protected Area or Good
Cultural Immovable Heritage
Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property
en
Abandoned Shipwreck Property Act (43 USC 2101-2106)
1987
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en
Abandoned Shipwreck Guidelines
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Extension of Import restrictions imposed on Archeological and Ethnological material from Bolivia
2011
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en
Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Cyprus concerning the imposition of Import restrictions on Pre-Classical and Classical Archeological Objects.
2012
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Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property
en
Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Hellenic Republic concerning the imposition of Import restrictions on categories of Archeological and Byzantine ecclessiastical ethnological material
2011
Illicit traffic
Importation
Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property
en
Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Guatemala concerning the imposition of Import restrictions on Archaeological Material from the Pre-Columbian Cultures and Ecclesiastical Ethnological Material from the Conquest and Colonial Periods of Guatemala
2012
Importation
Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property
en
Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Mali concerning the imposition of Import restrictions on archeological material from Mali from the Paleolithic Era to approximately the mid_eighteenth Century
2012
Importation
Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property
en
Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Peru concerning the imposition of Import restrictions on archeological material from the Pre-Hispanic cultures and certain ethnological material from the colonial period of Peru (extended in 2012)
2012
Importation
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