[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 243 (Monday, December 20, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71178-71179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32892]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3179]


Notice of Meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee

    The Cultural Property Advisory Committee will meet on Monday, 
January 10, 2000, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and on Tuesday, January 
11 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., at the Department of State, Annex 44, 
Room 840, 301 4th St., SW, Washington, DC. During its meeting on 
January 10, the Committee will continue its review of a proposal to 
extend the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the 
United States of America and the Government of the Republic of El 
Salvador Concerning the Imposition of Import Restrictions on Certain 
Categories of Archaeological Material from the Prehispanic Cultures of 
the Republic of El Salvador. The proposal to extend the MOU was 
published in the Federal Register on November 8, 1999. Deliberations on 
this proposed extension were conducted by the Committee on November 23, 
1999, during which time it held an open session to receive public 
comment. The Committee continues to welcome written comment for its 
consideration. A copy of the MOU and the designated list of protected 
categories of archaeological material may be found at http://
e.usia.gov/education/culprop.
    On January 11, the Committee will begin a review and investigation 
of a request from the Government of the Republic of Bolivia filed under 
Article 9 of the 1970 Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and 
Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of 
Cultural Property. Notification of receipt of this request appeared in 
the Federal Register on October 8, 1999, and may be found at http://
e.usia.gov/education/culprop. Bolivia believes its cultural patrimony 
to be in jeopardy from pillage. It seeks U.S. import restrictions on 
Pre-Columbian archaeological material such as artifacts made of stone, 
metal, ceramic, shell, bone, wood, textiles, featherwork, basketry, and 
Pre-Columbian human remains; and Colonial period and indigenous 
ethnological materials such as folklore costumes, textiles, 
featherwork, stonework, leatherwork, woodwork, metalwork, ceramics, 
religious imagery, musical instruments, and paintings. The request will 
be reviewed by the Committee in accordance with provisions of the 
Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 2601 et 
seq.).
    The Committee will hold an open session to receive comment on the 
Bolivia request at a meeting to be scheduled in March 2000 when it will 
continue its review of the Bolivia request. Notification of this 
meeting in March will be published in the Federal Register and will be 
posted on the cultural property web site noted herein. In the meantime, 
the Committee welcomes written comment that addresses the 
determinations that must be made about the Bolivia request pursuant to 
19 U.S.C. 2602, Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act. The 
meeting on January 10 and 11 will be closed pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
552b(c)(9)(B) and 19 U.S.C. 2605(h).
    Written comments may be sent to Cultural Property, Department of 
State, Annex 44, 301 4th Street, SW, Rm. 247, Washington, DC 20547; or 
faxed to (202) 619-5177.

    Dated: December 14, 1999.
Evelyn S. Lieberman,
Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, 
Department of State.

Determination To Close the Meeting of the Cultural Property 
Advisory Committee, January 10-11, 2000

    In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B), and 19 U.S.C. 2605(h), I 
hereby determine that the meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory 
Committee on January 10-11, at which there will be deliberation of 
information the premature disclosure of which would be likely to 
significantly frustrate implementation of proposed actions, will be 
closed.


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    Dated: December 14, 1999.
Evelyn S. Lieberman,
Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 99-32892 Filed 12-17-99; 8:45 am]
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