[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 49 (Monday, March 14, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13441-13442]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-05671]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 9459]


Notice of Meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee

    There will be a meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee 
(``the Committee'') May 24-26, 2016, at the United States Department of 
State, Harry S Truman Building, 2201 C Street NW., and State Annex 5, 
2200 C Street NW., Washington, DC. 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 Act''). A 
portion of this meeting will be closed to the public

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pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B) and 19 U.S.C. 2605(h).
    During the closed portion of the meeting, the Committee will review 
the proposal to extend the Memorandum of Understanding between the 
Government of the United States of America and the Government of the 
Republic of Bolivia Concerning the Imposition of Import Restrictions on 
Archaeological Material from the Pre-Columbian Cultures and Certain 
Ethnological Material from the Colonial and Republican Periods of 
Bolivia (``Bolivia MOU'') [Docket No. DOS-2016-0008]. Also, during the 
closed portion of the meeting, the Committee will review the proposal 
to extend the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the 
United States of America and the Government of the Hellenic Republic 
Concerning the Imposition of Import Restrictions on Categories of 
Archaeological and Byzantine Ecclesiastical Ethnological Material 
through the 15th Century A.D. of the Hellenic Republic (``Greece MOU'') 
[Docket No. DOS-2016-0009].
    An open portion of the meeting to receive oral public comments on 
the proposals to extend the Bolivia MOU and the Greece MOU will be held 
on Tuesday, May 24, 2016, beginning at 9:30 a.m. EDT. The text of the 
Act and the MOUs, as well as related information, may be found at 
http://culturalheritage.state.gov.
    If you wish to attend the open portion of the meeting of the 
Committee on May 24, 2016, please notify the Cultural Heritage Center 
of the U.S. Department of State at (202) 632-6301 no later than 5:00 
p.m. (EDT) May 9, 2016, to arrange for admission. Seating is limited. 
When calling, please request reasonable accommodation if needed. The 
open portion will be held at the U.S. Department of State, Harry S 
Truman Building, 2201 C St. NW., Room 1107, Washington, DC 20037. 
Please plan to arrive 30 minutes before the beginning of the open 
session.
    Personal information regarding attendees is requested pursuant to 
the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986, as 
amended (Pub. L. 99-399), the USA PATRIOT Act (Pub. L.107-56), and 
Executive Order 13356. The purpose of this collection is to validate 
the identity of individuals who enter U.S. Department of State 
facilities. The data will be entered into the Visitor Access Control 
System (VACS-D) database. Please see the Security Records System of 
Records Notice (State-36) at https://foia.state.gov/_docs/SORN/State-36.pdf for additional information.
    If you wish to make an oral presentation at the open portion of the 
meeting, you must request to be scheduled by the above-mentioned date 
and time, and you must submit a written summary of your oral 
presentation, ensuring that it is received no later than May 9, 2016, 
at 11:59 p.m. (EDT), via the eRulemaking Portal (see below), to allow 
time for distribution to members of the Committee prior to the meeting. 
Oral comments will be limited to five (5) minutes to allow time for 
questions from members of the Committee. All oral comments must relate 
specifically to matters referred to in 19 U.S.C. 2602(a)(1), with 
respect to which the Committee makes its findings and recommendations.
    If you do not wish to make oral comments but still wish to make 
your views known, you may submit written comments for the Committee to 
consider. Your written comments should relate specifically to the 
matters referred to in 19 U.S.C. 2602(a)(1). Please submit written 
comments electronically through the eRulemaking Portal (see below), 
ensuring that they are received no later than May 9, 2016, at 11:59 
p.m. (EDT). Our adoption of this procedure facilitates public 
participation; implements Section 206 of the E-Government Act of 2002, 
Pub. L. 107-347, 116 Stat. 2915; and supports the Department of State's 
``Greening Diplomacy'' initiative that aims to reduce the State 
Department's environmental footprint and reduce costs. The Department 
requests that any party soliciting or aggregating written comments 
received from other persons for submission to the Department inform 
those persons that the Department will not edit their comments to 
remove any identifying or contact information, and that they therefore 
should not include any such information in their comments that they do 
not want publicly disclosed.
    Please submit written comments or a written summary of your oral 
presentation only once using one of these methods:
     Electronic Delivery. To submit written comments 
electronically, go to the Federal eRulemaking Portal (http://www.regulations.gov), enter either Docket No. DOS-2016-0008 for Bolivia 
or Docket No. DOS-2016-0009 for Greece, and follow the prompts to 
submit comments. Written comments submitted in electronic form are not 
private. They will be posted at http://www.regulations.gov. Because 
written comments cannot be edited to remove any personally identifying 
or contact information, the U.S. Department of State cautions against 
including any information in an electronic submission that one does not 
want publicly disclosed (including trade secrets and commercial or 
financial information that are privileged or confidential within the 
meaning of 19 U.S.C. 2605(i)(1)). Written comments submitted by fax or 
email are not accepted.
     Regular Mail or Delivery. If you wish to submit 
information that you believe to be privileged or confidential within 
the meaning of 19 U.S.C. 2605(i)(1), you may do so via regular mail, 
commercial delivery, or personal hand delivery to the following 
address: Cultural Heritage Center (ECA/P/C), SA-5, Floor C2, U.S. 
Department of State, 2200 C Street NW., Washington, DC 20522-05C2. Only 
written comments containing information that you believe to be 
privileged or confidential will be accepted via regular mail or 
delivery. Such comments must be received by May 9, 2016.
    For further information, contact Isabella Strohmeyer, Program 
Coordinator, at 202-632-6198.

    Dated: March 2, 2016.
 Evan Ryan,
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2016-05671 Filed 3-11-16; 8:45 am]
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