ARCHAEOLOGY

Amendments

Arts and humanities: protect and preserve international cultural property at risk of destruction due to political instability, armed conflict, or natural or other disasters (H.R. 1493), S2061, S2062, S2063 [13AP], H1984 [26AP]

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Homeland Security: develop program for labeling Iraqi or Syrian cultural property legally entering the U.S. (see S. 3449), S6226 [28SE]

——— improve enforcement against trafficking in cultural property and prevent stolen or illicit cultural property from financing terrorist and criminal networks (see S. 3538), S7031 [9DE]

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument: modify acreage limit in order to allow donation of private lands (see S. 3020), S3411 [6JN]

Great Bend of Gila National Monument: establish (see H.R. 5556), H4170 [22JN]

NOAA: conduct assessment of cultural and historic resources in the waters of the Great Lakes (see H.R. 6430), H7144 [2DE]

Letters

Prevent Trafficking in Cultural Property Act: Representative Goodlatte, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H5689 [20SE]

——— Representative Kevin Brady, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H5689 [20SE]

Remarks in House

Arts and humanities: protect and preserve international cultural property at risk of destruction due to political instability, armed conflict, or natural or other disasters (H.R. 1493), Senate amendment, H1984–H1987 [26AP]

Corps of Engineers: transfer an archaeological collection, commonly referred to as the Kennewick Man or the Ancient One, to the Washington State Dept. of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, H6050, H6051 [28SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: improve enforcement against trafficking in cultural property and prevent stolen or illicit cultural property from financing terrorist and criminal networks (H.R. 2285), H5688–H5690 [20SE], E1401 [29SE]

NOAA: conduct assessment of cultural and historic resources in the waters of the Great Lakes (H.R. 6430), E1576 [2DE]

Remarks in Senate

Arts and humanities: protect and preserve international cultural property at risk of destruction due to political instability, armed conflict, or natural or other disasters (H.R. 1493), S2062, S2063 [13AP], S2086 [14AP], S5127 [14JY]

——— protect and preserve international cultural property at risk of destruction due to political instability, armed conflict, or natural or other disasters (S. 1887), S2086 [14AP]

Reports filed

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument Acreage Limit Modification in Order To Allow Donation of Private Lands: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 3020) (S. Rept. 114–333), S5278 [6SE]

Prevent Trafficking in Cultural Property Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2285) (H. Rept. 114–380), H5643 [19SE]

Protect and Preserve International Cultural Property Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (H.R. 1493), S486 [2FE]

Texts of

H.R. 1493, Protect and Preserve International Cultural Property Act, S2062 [13AP]

H.R. 2285, Prevent Trafficking in Cultural Property Act, H5688 [20SE]