The end of a paragraph is replaced with the date of enactment
To clarify the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2016, to appropriately limit the application of defenses based on the passage of time and other non-merits defenses to claims under that Act, section 2, Sec. 2.
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The end of a paragraph is replaced with the date of enactment
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What the document says
“in paragraph (2), by striking "during the period" and all that follows and inserting "on or after the date of enactment of this Act."”
A change to paragraph (2) of the subsection of section 5 of the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 1621 note) now lettered (e). Everything from the words during the period to the end of the paragraph is struck, and the words on or after the date of enactment of this Act are put in its place. What the struck words said, and what the paragraph does with the date, are not stated in this law.
What the document actually says
“in paragraph (2), by striking "during the period" and all that follows and inserting "on or after the date of enactment of this Act."”
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It cuts the end of one part and puts in a new end. The new end names the day this law is signed.
What this is about
The old words set a time frame. The new words say: on or after the day this law starts.
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Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2025, Public Law 119-82, sec. 2, 140 Stat. 752 (2026). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ82/html/PLAW-119publ82.htm
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“The end of a paragraph is replaced with the date of enactment,” Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2025, section 2, Sec. 2. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/holocaust-expropriated-art-recovery-act-2025/proposal/sec02-exception-enactment-date/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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