Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
This bill amends the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act to add a definition for "numismatic material" (coins, tokens, paper money, medals, and related objects) and to create an evidentiary pathway for importing such items. It allows one or more sworn declarations by the importer attesting lawful acquisition, lawful export, publication in numismatic reference works, and that the items are not known to be products of illicit excavation.
Progressives emphasize cultural-heritage and looting risks.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a narrowly focused substantive amendment that integrates concrete procedural changes into the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act to facilitate trade in numismatic materials.
This bill amends the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act to add a definition for "numismatic material" (coins, tokens, paper money, medals, and related objects) and to create an evidentiary pathway for importing such items.
It allows one or more sworn declarations by the importer attesting lawful acquisition, lawful export, publication in numismatic reference works, and that the items are not known to be products of illicit excavation.
It also bars customs officers from demanding documentation beyond these declarations unless they have documentary probable cause to suspect fraud.
Content is technical and modest, favoring enactment; some opposition possible from cultural property enforcement and preservation stakeholders.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a narrowly focused substantive amendment that integrates concrete procedural changes into the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act to facilitate trade in numismatic materials. It specifies a definition, sets required sworn-declaration elements, and constrains customs officers' documentation requests.
Progressives emphasize cultural-heritage and looting risks.
These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.
Progressives emphasize cultural-heritage and looting risks.
Likely skeptical and concerned this reduces protections for cultural heritage and archaeological context.
Appreciates the attempt at specificity for numismatics but views limits on customs scrutiny as a risk to preventing looted material imports.
Sees the bill as a targeted technical fix balancing legitimate collectors' interests against heritage protection, but wants stronger procedural safeguards and monitoring.
Supports clarity but seeks implementation details to prevent abuse.
Likely supportive as a reasonable, narrow rollback of regulatory burden on collectors and dealers.
Views the sworn-declaration approach as an appropriate limit on overbroad customs discretion.
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Still ahead
Still ahead
Still ahead
Content is technical and modest, favoring enactment; some opposition possible from cultural property enforcement and preservation stakeholders.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Progressives emphasize cultural-heritage and looting risks.
Content is technical and modest, favoring enactment; some opposition possible from cultural property enforcement and preservation stakehold…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a narrowly focused substantive amendment that integrates concrete procedural changes into the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act to facilitate trad…
Go beyond the headline summary with full stakeholder mapping, legislative design analysis, passage barriers, and lens-by-lens tradeoff breakdowns.