I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 595 
To amend the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act to make 
certain technical corrections to facilitate the lawful trade and collecting 
of numismatic materials. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 21, 2025 
Ms. VAN DUYNE (for herself, Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, Mr. AMODEI 
of Nevada, Mr. OWENS, and Ms. JACOBS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Convention on Cultural Property Implementa-
tion Act to make certain technical corrections to facilitate 
the lawful trade and collecting of numismatic materials. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS TO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL 
PROPERTY IMPLEMENTATION ACT. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 302 of the Convention on 
Cultural Property Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 2601) 
is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating paragraphs (8), (9), (10), 
and (11) as paragraphs (9), (10), (11), and (12), re-
spectively; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (7) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(8) The term ‘numismatic material’ includes 
coins, tokens, paper money, medals and related ob-
jects.’’. 
(b) IMPORT RESTRICTIONS.—Section 307 of the Con-
vention on Cultural Property Implementation Act (19 
U.S.C. 2606) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘; or’’ at 
the end and inserting a comma; 
(B) in paragraph (2)(B), by adding ‘‘or’’at 
the end; and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (2)(B) (as 
amended) the following: 
‘‘(3) in the case of such material that is numis-
matic material, satisfactory evidence that the mate-
rial was acquired lawfully, is of a known type, and 
is not known to be the direct product of illicit exca-
vations within a State Party,’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
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(A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) for purposes of subsection (b)(3), one or 
more declarations under oath by the importer or the 
person for whose account the material is imported, 
stating that, to the best of his knowledge, the numis-
matic material— 
‘‘(A) was acquired lawfully in one or more 
States Party; 
‘‘(B) was lawfully exported from a State 
Party in which the numismatic material was ac-
quired; 
‘‘(C) is of a type known to exist in multiple 
examples which has been published in a ref-
erence work on numismatics; and 
‘‘(D) is not known to be the direct product 
of illicit excavations within another State Party 
after the effective date for import restrictions 
on numismatic material granted to that State 
Party.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(e) NO OTHER DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.—The 
customs officer reviewing the satisfactory evidence shall 
not require any documentation or statements additional 
to that which is set forth in subsection (c) unless the cus-
toms officer has probable cause based on documentary evi-
dence to believe that the satisfactory evidence is false or 
fraudulent.’’. 
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