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President determines that neither of the condi-
tions specified in paragraph (1)(B) are met. 
(B) REQUEST FOR TERMINATION.—If Syria 
requests to enter into an agreement with the 
United States pursuant to section 303 of the 
Convention on Cultural Property Implementa-
tion Act (19 U.S.C. 2602) on or after the date 
on which the President determines that neither of 
the conditions specified in paragraph (1)(B) are 
met, the import restrictions referred to in sub-
section (a) shall terminate on the earlier of— 
(i) the date that is 3 years after the 
date on which Syria makes such a request; 
or 
(ii) the date on which the United 
States and Syria enter into such an agree-
ment. 
(c) WAIVER.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may waive the 
import restrictions referred to in subsection (a) for 
specified archaeological and ethnological material of 
Syria if the President certifies to the appropriate con-
gressional committees that the conditions described in 
paragraph (2) are met.
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(2) CONDITIONS.—The conditions referred to in 
paragraph (1) are the following: 
(A)(i) The owner or lawful custodian of the 
specified archaeological or ethnological material 
of Syria has requested that such material be tem-
porarily located in the United States for protec-
tion purposes; or 
(ii) if no owner or lawful custodian can 
reasonably be identified, the President deter-
mines that, for purposes of protecting and pre-
serving such material, the material should be 
temporarily located in the United States. 
(B) Such material shall be returned to the 
owner or lawful custodian when requested by 
such owner or lawful custodian. 
(C) There is no credible evidence that grant-
ing a waiver under this subsection will con-
tribute to illegal trafficking in archaeological or 
ethnological material of Syria or financing of 
criminal or terrorist activities. 
(3) ACTION.—If the President grants a waiver 
under this subsection, the specified archaeological or 
ethnological material of Syria that is the subject of 
such waiver shall be placed in the temporary custody 
of the United States Government or in the temporary
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custody of a cultural or educational institution with-
in the United States for the purpose of protection, res-
toration, conservation, study, or exhibition, without 
profit. 
(4) IMMUNITY
FROM
SEIZURE.—Any archae-
ological or ethnological material that enters the 
United States pursuant to a waiver granted under 
this section shall have immunity from seizure under 
Public Law 89–259 (22 U.S.C. 2459). All provisions 
of Public Law 89–259 shall apply to such material 
as if immunity from seizure had been granted under 
that Public Law. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Finance of the Senate; 
and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
the Committee on Ways and Means of the House 
of Representatives. 
(2) ARCHAEOLOGICAL OR ETHNOLOGICAL MATE-
RIAL OF SYRIA.—The term ‘‘archaeological or ethno-
logical material of Syria’’ means cultural property
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(as defined in section 302 of the Convention on Cul-
tural Property Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 2601)) 
that is unlawfully removed from Syria on or after 
March 15, 2011. 
SEC. 4. REPORT. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, and annually thereafter for the next 6 years, 
the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report on the efforts of the executive branch, 
during the 12-month period preceding the submission of the 
report, to protect and preserve international cultural prop-
erty, including— 
(1) whether an interagency coordinating com-
mittee as described in section 2 has been established 
and, if such a committee has been established, a de-
scription of the activities undertaken by such com-
mittee, including a list of the entities participating in 
such activities; 
(2) a description of measures undertaken pursu-
ant to relevant statutes, including— 
(A) actions to implement and enforce sec-
tion 3 of this Act and section 3002 of the Emer-
gency Protection for Iraqi Cultural Antiquities 
Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–429; 118 Stat. 
2599), including measures to dismantle inter-
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national networks that traffic illegally in cul-
tural property; 
(B) a description of any requests for a 
waiver under section 3(c) of this Act and, for 
each such request, whether a waiver was granted; 
(C) a list of the statutes and regulations 
employed in criminal, civil, and civil forfeiture 
actions to prevent illegal trade and trafficking in 
cultural property; 
(D) actions undertaken to ensure the con-
sistent and effective application of law in cases 
relating to illegal trade and trafficking in cul-
tural property; and 
(E) actions undertaken to promote the le-
gitimate commercial and non-commercial ex-
change and movement of cultural property; and 
(3) actions undertaken in fulfillment of inter-
national agreements on cultural property protection, 
including the Convention for the Protection of Cul-
tural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, done 
at The Hague May 14, 1954. 
Attest: 
Secretary.