[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 191 (Wednesday, October 2, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52551-52552]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-21357]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 10905]


Cultural Property Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice of 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: October 29-30, 2019, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (EDT). The Cultural 
Property Advisory Committee will hold an open session on October 29, 
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 October 15, 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 October 15, 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, 
depending on whether they contain privileged or confidential 
information:
     Electronic Comments: For ordinary comments, please use 
http://www.regulations.gov, enter the docket [DOS-2019-0031] and follow 
the prompts to submit your comments.
     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 the Convention on 
Cultural Property Implementation Act (19 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'') (19 U.S.C. 2605(e)(2)). 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(h).
    Meeting Agenda: The Committee will review the requests by the 
Government of the Kingdom of Morocco and the Republic of Yemen 
Government seeking import restrictions on archaeological and 
ethnological material. The Committee will also undertake a continuing 
review of the effectiveness of cultural property agreements and 
emergency actions currently in force.
    Open Session Participation: The Committee will hold an open session 
of the meeting to receive oral public

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comments on the Morocco and Yemen requests on Tuesday, October 29, 
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 October 23, 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 requests from Morocco and Yemen using the 
Regulations.gov website (listed in the ``COMMENTS'' section above) not 
later than October 15, 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.
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