[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 235 (Thursday, December 7, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71022-71023]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-20775]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5623]


Notice of Meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee

    There will be a meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee 
on Thursday, January 25, 2007, from approximately 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and 
on Friday, January 26, from approximately 9 a.m. to 5 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 Peru Concerning 
the Imposition of Import Restrictions on Archaeological Material from 
the Pre-Hispanic Cultures and Certain Ethnological Material from the 
Colonial Period of Peru; and a proposal to extend the Memorandum of 
Understanding Between the Government of the United States of America 
and the Government of the Republic of Cyprus Concerning the Imposition 
of Import Restrictions on Pre-Classical and Classical Archaeological 
Objects and Byzantine Period Ecclesiastical and Ritual Ethnological 
Material. The concerned Governments have each notified the Government 
of the United States of America of their interest in extending the 
respective MOUs.
    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 and subject Memoranda of 
Understanding, as well as related information may be found at http://exchanges.state.gov/culprop. Portions of the meeting on January 25 and 
26 will be closed pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B) and 19 U.S.C. 
2605(h). However, on January 25, the Committee will hold an open 
session from approximately 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., to receive oral public 
comment on the proposals to extend. Persons wishing to attend this open 
session should notify the Cultural Heritage Center of the Department of 
State at (202) 453-8800 no later than Thursday, January 11, 2007, 3 
p.m. (EST) to arrange for admission. Seating is limited.

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    Anyone wishing to make an oral presentation at the public session 
must request to be scheduled, must state which MOU--Peru or Cyprus--the 
presentation will address, and must submit a written text of the oral 
comments by January 11, 2007, to allow time for distribution to 
Committee members prior to the meeting. Oral comments will be limited 
to allow time for questions from members of the Committee and must 
specifically relate to 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 January 11, 2007, to allow time for 
distribution to Committee members prior to the meeting. All written 
materials, including the written texts of oral statements, may be faxed 
to (202) 435-8803. If more than three (3) pages, 20 duplicates of 
written materials must be sent by express mail to: Cultural Heritage 
Center, Department of State, Annex 44, 301 4th Street, SW., Washington, 
DC 20547; tel: (202) 453-8800.

    Dated: November 28, 2006.
Dina Habib Powell,
Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of 
State.
 [FR Doc. E6-20775 Filed 12-6-06; 8:45 am]
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