§ 668. — Theft of major artwork.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC668]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 31--EMBEZZLEMENT AND THEFT
Sec. 668. Theft of major artwork
(a) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) ``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.
(2) ``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.
(Added Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXII, Sec. 320902(a), Sept. 13, 1994, 108
Stat. 2123; amended Pub. L. 104-294, title VI, Sec. 604(b)(18), Oct. 11,
1996, 110 Stat. 3507.)
Amendments
1996--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.
Effective Date of 1996 Amendment
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.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 3294 of this title.
