(8) The U.S. Committee of the Blue Shield. 
(9) Such other entities as the Chair determines 
appropriate. 
(d) SUBCOMMITTEES.—The Committee may include 
such subcommittees and taskforces as the Chair deter-
mines appropriate. Such subcommittees or taskforces may 
be comprised of a subset of the Committee members or 
of such other members as the Chair determines appro-
priate. At the discretion of the Chair, the provisions of 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) and 
section 552b of title 5 of the United States Code (relating 
to open meetings) shall not apply to activities of such sub-
committees or taskforces. 
(e) CONSULTATION.—The Committee shall consult 
with governmental and nongovernmental organizations, 
including museums, educational institutions, and research 
institutions on efforts to promote and protect inter-
national cultural property. 
SEC. 6. REPORTS ON ACTIVITIES TO PROTECT INTER-
NATIONAL CULTURAL PROPERTY. 
The Secretary of State, acting through the United 
States Coordinator for International Cultural Property 
Protection, and in consultation with the Administrator of 
the United States Agency for International Development, 
the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General, and the 
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Secretary of Homeland Security, as appropriate, shall an-
nually submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report that includes information on activities of— 
(1) the United States Coordinator and the Co-
ordinating Committee on International Cultural 
Property Protection to protect international cultural 
property; 
(2) the Department of State to protect inter-
national cultural property, including activities under-
taken pursuant to the Hague Convention for the 
Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of 
Armed Conflict, and other statutes, international 
agreements, and policies, including— 
(A) procedures the Department has insti-
tuted to protect international cultural property 
at risk of destruction due to political instability, 
armed conflict, or natural or other disasters; 
and 
(B) actions the Department has taken to 
protect international cultural property in con-
flicts to which the United States is a party; 
(3) the United States Agency for International 
Development (USAID) to protect international cul-
tural property, including activities and coordination 
with other Federal agencies, international organiza-
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tions, and nongovernmental organizations regarding 
the protection of international cultural property at 
risk due to political unrest, armed conflict, natural 
or other disasters, and USAID development pro-
grams; 
(4) the Department of Defense to protect inter-
national cultural property, including activities under-
taken pursuant to the Hague Convention for the 
Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of 
Armed Conflict and other cultural property protec-
tion statutes and international agreements, includ-
ing— 
(A) directives, policies, and regulations the 
Department has instituted to protect inter-
national cultural property at risk of destruction 
due to political instability, armed conflict, or 
natural or other disasters; and 
(B) actions the Department has taken to 
avoid damage to cultural property through con-
struction activities abroad; and 
(5) the Department of Homeland Security and 
the Department of Justice, including the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, to protect both inter-
national cultural property abroad and international 
cultural property located in, or attempted to be im-
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ported into, the United States, including activities 
undertaken pursuant to statutes and international 
agreements, including— 
(A) statutes and regulations the Depart-
ment has employed in criminal, civil, and civil 
forfeiture actions to prevent and interdict traf-
ficking in stolen and smuggled cultural prop-
erty, including investigations into transnational 
organized crime and smuggling networks; and 
(B) actions the Department has taken in 
order to ensure the consistent and effective ap-
plication of law in cases relating to both inter-
national cultural property abroad and inter-
national cultural property located in, or at-
tempted to be imported into, the United States. 
SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION FOR FEDERAL AGENCIES TO EN-
GAGE IN INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL PROP-
ERTY PROTECTION ACTIVITIES WITH THE 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
agency that is involved in international cultural property 
protection activities is authorized to enter into agreements 
or memoranda of understanding with the Smithsonian In-
stitution to temporarily engage personnel from the Smith-
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sonian Institution for the purposes of furthering such 
international cultural property protection activities. 
SEC. 8. EMERGENCY PROTECTION FOR SYRIAN CULTURAL 
PROPERTY. 
(a) 
PRESIDENTIAL
DETERMINATION.—Notwith-
standing subsection (b) of section 304 of the Convention 
on Cultural Property Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 
2603) (relating to a Presidential determination that an 
emergency condition applies with respect to any archae-
ological or ethnological material of any State Party to the 
Convention), the President shall apply the import restric-
tions referred to in such section 304 with respect to any 
archaeological or ethnological material of Syria, except 
that subsection (c) of such section 304 shall not apply. 
Such import restrictions shall take effect not later than 
120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘archaeological or ethnological ma-
terial of Syria’’ means cultural property of Syria and 
other items of archaeological, historical, cultural, 
rare scientific, or religious importance unlawfully re-
moved from Syria on or after March 15, 2011; and 
(2) the term ‘‘State Party’’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 302 of the Convention on 
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Cultural Property Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 
2601). 
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