Cultural Property Repose Act of 1983

Summary

Cultural Property Repose Act of 1983 - Prohibits a foreign state from bringing an action in any U.S. or State court to recover possession of or obtain damages related to any archaeological or ethnological material or any article of cultural property which has been in the United States for five years. Applies such prohibition to pending court proceedings.

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Timeline

1. 31 January 1983

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 31 January 1983

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 22 February 1983

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Courts.

   Source: Committee

4. 18 March 1983

   Referred

   Committee on Judiciary. Re-referred jointly to the Subcommittee on Courts.

   Source: Committee

5. 11 June 1984

   Committee

   Committee on Judiciary received executive comment from State Department.

   Source: Committee

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 31 January 1983

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX] · D · Sponsor
• · ssju00 · Standing

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