The bill urges the President (Barack Obama at the time) to establish an interagency coordinating committee to "advance executive branch efforts to protect and preserve international cultural property at risk from political instability, armed conflict, or natural or other disasters".

It also establishes the President should apply import restrictions specifically targeting archaeological or ethnological material from Syria.

Such restrictions include those for "illicit import, export, and transfer of ownership of cultural property" (adopted by UNESCO).

Archaeological or ethnological material entering the US pursuant to a waiver shall have immunity from seizure under P.L.

Finally, the President is to report to Congress annually "on executive branch efforts to protect and preserve international cultural property".