Assistance program
Cultural Antiquities Task Force
$2.1 Million committed in FY2021–FY2026
- Agency
- State, Department of, State, Department of
- Assistance
- Not Applicable
- CFDA number
- 19.036
- What it does
- The Cultural Antiquities Task Force (CATF) comprises U.S. federal agencies that share a common mission to combat trafficking in antiquities in the United States and abroad. The CATF supports projects and initiatives that enhance the capabilities of law enforcement personnel, heritage site managers, civil society groups, and museum staff to protect and preserve cultural heritage from theft, looting, and trafficking. Projects are funded through Cultural Property Agreement Implementation Grants (CPAIG) or directly on a case-by-case basis and at the discretion of the CATF.
- Who benefits
- Not Applicable
- Who applies
- Embassies must vet applicants for eligibility and ensure that the applicants are able to receive U.S. federal assistance. Cultural Property Agreement Implementation Grants (CPAIG) are open to U.S. embassies in countries with which the United States has a signed bilateral cultural property agreement or where emergency import restrictions on archaeological and ethnological material are in effect under the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 2601 et seq). The CATF may also fund projects at its discretion outside of the CPAIG framework in countries where cultural heritage is at risk from theft, looting, and trafficking.
- Authorized by
- Public Law Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (Fulbright-Hays Act)-87-256
- Public Law Foreign Assistance Act of 1961-87-195
- Public Law Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004-108-199
- Public Law Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017-115-244, Division J, Title VII, Section 7034(d)(3))
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* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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