Earlier this afternoon,the House of Representatives unanimously adopted the Senate's amendment of the Protect and Preserve International Cultural Property Act. H.
R. 1493 calls for emergency import restrictions on at-risk Syrian cultural property. The bill now goes to the President for his signature.
[br]View today's speech by Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) on the floor of the House, just before the bill's passage by voice vote.
[br]Source: C-SPAN
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