19 U.S.C. § 2095
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For the purposes of this chapter—
- (1)The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Treasury.
- (2)The term “United States” includes the several States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
- (3)The term “pre-Columbian monumental or architectural sculpture or mural” means—
- (A)any stone carving or wall art which—
- (i)is the product of a pre-Columbian Indian culture of Mexico, Central America, South America, or the Caribbean Islands;
- (ii)was an immobile monument or architectural structure or was a part of, or affixed to, any such monument or structure; and
- (iii)is subject to export control by the country of origin; or
- (B)any fragment or part of any stone carving or wall art described in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph.
- (A)any stone carving or wall art which—
- (4)The term “country of origin”, as applied to any pre-Columbian monumental or architectural sculpture or mural, means the country where such sculpture or mural was first discovered.