[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 207 (Wednesday, October 27, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62739-62740]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-24052]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4825]


Notice of Meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee

    In accordance with the provisions of the Convention on Cultural 
Property Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) there will be a 
meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee on Thursday, 
November 18, 2004, from approximately 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Friday, 
November 19, from approximately 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Department of 
State, Annex 44, Room 840, 301 4th St., SW., Washington, DC. During its 
meeting the Committee will review 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 Pre-Hispanic Cultures of the Republic 
of El Salvador. The Government of the Republic of El Salvador has 
notified the Government of the United States of America of its interest 
in such an extension. The Committee will also conclude its review of a 
request from the Government of the Republic of Colombia, focusing on 
Colonial ethnological material.
    The Committee's responsibilities are carried out in accordance with 
provisions of the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act 
(19 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.). The text of the Act, the text of the subject 
Memorandum of Understanding, and related information may be found at 
http://exchanges.state.gov/culprop. Portions of the meeting on November 
18 and 19 will be closed pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B) and 19 
U.S.C. 2605(h). However, on November 18, the Committee will hold an 
open session, approximately 11 a.m. to 12 Noon, to receive oral public 
comment on the proposal to extend. Persons wishing to attend this open 
session should notify the Cultural Heritage Center of the Department of 
State at (202) 619-6612 by Thursday, November 5, 2004, 3 p.m. (EDT) to 
arrange for admission, as seating is limited.
    Those who wish to make oral presentations should request to be

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scheduled and submit a written text of the oral comments by November 5 
to allow time for distribution to Committee members prior to the 
meeting. Oral comments will be limited to five minutes each to allow 
time for questions from members of the Committee and must specifically 
address the determinations under Section 303(a)(1) of the Convention on 
Cultural Property Implementation Act, 19 U.S.C. 2602, pursuant to which 
the Committee must make findings. This citation for the determinations 
can be found at the web site noted above.
    The Committee also invites written comments and asks that they be 
submitted no later than November 5. All written materials, including 
the written texts of oral statements, should be faxed to (202) 260-
4893.

    Dated: October 18, 2004.
C. Miller Crouch,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 04-24052 Filed 10-26-04; 8:45 am]
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