[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 108 (Wednesday, June 5, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26174-26175]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-11679]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 10784]


Cultural Property Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

ACTION: Notice of a meeting.

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SUMMARY: We are issuing this notice to announce the location, date, 
time, and agenda for the next meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory 
Committee.

DATES: July 23-24, 2019, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (EDT). The Cultural 
Property Advisory Committee will hold an open session on July 23, 2019, 
at 1:30 p.m. (EDT). It will last approximately one hour.
    Participation: You may participate electronically by Zoom. To 
participate, visit http://culturalheritage.state.gov for information on 
how to access the meeting. Please submit any request for reasonable 
accommodation not later than July 8, 2019, by contacting the Bureau of 
Educational and Cultural Affairs at [email protected]. It may not be 
possible to accommodate requests made after that date.
    Comments: The Committee will review your written comment if it is 
received by July 8, 2019, at 11:59 p.m. (EDT). You are not required to 
submit a written comment in order to make an oral comment in the open 
session.

ADDRESSES: The public will participate electronically by Zoom. The 
members will meet at the U.S. Department of State, Annex 5, 2200 C St. 
NW, Washington, DC.
    Written Comments: You may submit written comments in two ways,

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depending on whether they contain privileged or confidential 
information:
    [ssquf] Electronic Comments: For ordinary comments, please use 
http://www.regulations.gov, enter the docket [DOS-2019-0012] and follow 
the prompts to submit your comments.
    [ssquf] Paper Comments: For comments that contain privileged or 
confidential information (within the meaning of 19 U.S.C. 2605(i)(1)), 
please send submissions to: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of 
Educational and Cultural Affairs--Cultural Heritage Center, SA-5 Floor 
5, 2200 C St. NW, Washington, DC 20522-0505.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general questions concerning the 
meeting, contact Andrew Cohen, Bureau of Educational and Cultural 
Affairs--Cultural Heritage Center by phone, (202) 632-6301, or email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with Sec.  306(e)(2) of the 
Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act (5 U.S.C. 2601 et 
seq.) (``the Act''), the Assistant Secretary of State for Educational 
and Cultural Affairs calls a meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory 
Committee (``the Committee''). The Act describes the Committee's 
responsibilities. A portion of this meeting will be closed to the 
public pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B) and 19 U.S.C. 2605.
    Meeting Agenda: During the closed session the Committee will review 
the proposal to extend the cultural property agreement with El Salvador 
and Department of State staff will also brief the Committee on the 
threats to cultural property in Yemen. During the open session the 
Committee will hear public comments on El Salvador.
    Open Session Participation: The Committee will hold an open session 
of the meeting to receive oral public comments on the El Salvador 
cultural property agreement on Tuesday, July 23, 2019, from 1:30 p.m. 
to approximately 2:30 p.m. (EDT). We have provided specific 
instructions on how to participate or observe the open session at 
http://culturalheritage.state.gov.
    You do not need to register to observe the open session. You do not 
have to submit written comments to make an oral comment in the open 
session. But if you do wish to speak, you must request to be scheduled 
by July 17, 2019, via email ([email protected]) in order to be assigned 
a slot. Please submit your name and organizational affiliation in this 
request. The open session will start with a brief presentation by the 
Committee, after which you should be prepared to answer questions on 
any written statements you may have submitted. Finally, you may provide 
additional oral comments for up to five (5) minutes per participant. 
Due to time constraints, it may not be possible to accommodate all who 
wish to speak.
    Written Comments: If you do not wish to participate in the open 
session but still wish to make your views known, you may submit written 
comments for the Committee's consideration. Submit non-privileged and 
non-confidential information (within the meaning of 19 U.S.C. 
2605(i)(1)) regarding the proposed extension for El Salvador using the 
Regulations.gov website (listed in the ``COMMENTS'' section above) not 
later than July 8, 2019, at 11:59 p.m. (EDT). For comments that contain 
privileged or confidential information (within the meaning of 19 U.S.C. 
2605(i)(1)), please send comments to: U.S. Department of State, Bureau 
of Educational and Cultural Affairs--Cultural Heritage Center, SA-5 
Floor 5, 2200 C St. NW, Washington, DC 20522-0505. In all cases, your 
written comments should relate specifically to the determinations 
specified in the Act at 19 U.S.C. 2602(a)(1). We request 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. 
Written comments submitted in electronic form are not private. We will 
post the comments at http://www.regulations .gov. Because written 
comments cannot be edited to remove any personally identifying or 
contact information, we caution against including any such information 
in an electronic submission without appropriate permission to disclose 
that information (including trade secrets and commercial or financial 
information that are privileged or confidential within the meaning of 
19 U.S.C. 2605(i)(1)).

Marie Therese Porter Royce,
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2019-11679 Filed 6-4-19; 8:45 am]
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