Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 2285) to improve enforcement against trafficking in cultural property and prevent stolen or illicit cultural property from financing terrorist and criminal networks, and for other purposes, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 2285 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Prevent Trafficking in Cultural Property Act''. SEC. 2. DEFINITION. In this Act, the term ``cultural property'' includes property covered under-- (1) Article 1 of the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, adopted at the Hague on May 14, 1954 (Treaty 13 Doc. 106-1(A)); or (2) Article 1 of the Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export, and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property, adopted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (``UNESCO'') on November 14, 1970. SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY.…”