§ 668. Theft of major artwork

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1994

   Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994

   Pub. L. 103–322 title XXXII § 320902(a) · 108 Stat. 1796

   Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 668

   Added Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXII, § 320902(a), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2123

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Added Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXII, § 320902(a), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2123

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Offense.— Chapter 31 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “§668. Theft of major artwork “(a) Definitions.— In this section— “‘museum’ means an organized and permanent institution, the activities of which affect interstate or foreign commerce, that— “(A) is situated in the United States; “(B) is established for an essentially educational or aesthetic purpose; “(C) has a professional staff; and “(D) owns, utilizes, and cares for tangible objects that are exhibited to the public on a regular schedule. “‘object of cultural heritage’ means an object that is— “(A) over 100 years old and worth in excess of $5,000; or “(B) worth at least $100,000.”. “(b) Offenses.— A person who— “(1) steals or obtains by fraud from the care, custody, or control of a museum any object of cultural heritage; or “(2) knowing that an object of cultural heritage has been stolen or obtained by fraud, if in fact the object was stolen or obtained from the care, custody, or control of a museum (whether or not that fact is known to the person), receives, conceals, exhibits, or disposes of the object, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.”.

2. 1996

   Economic Espionage Act of 1996

   Pub. L. 104–294 title VI § 604(b)(18) · 110 Stat. 3488

   Amended · 18 U.S.C. § 668(a)

   Pub. L. 104–294 designated first and second pars. beginning with quotation mark as pars. (1) and (2), respectively, and made technical amendment to provisions appearing in original

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–294 designated first and second pars. beginning with quotation mark as pars. (1) and (2), respectively, and made technical amendment to provisions appearing in original.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (18) Section 668(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (A) by designating the first undesignated paragraph that begins with a quotation mark as paragraph (1); (B) by designating the second undesignated paragraph that begins with a quotation mark as paragraph (2); and (C) by striking the close quotation mark and the period at the end of the subsection.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 104–294 effective Sept. 13, 1994, see section 604(d) of Pub. L. 104–294, set out as a note under section 13 of this title.

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