90 FR 150 pgs. 38196-38197 - Cultural Property Advisory Committee Meeting
Type: NOTICEVolume: 90Number: 150Pages: 38196 - 38197
Pages: 38196, 38197Docket number: [Public Notice: 12790]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2025-15025 Filed 8-6-25; 8:45 am]
Agency: State Department
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 12790]
Cultural Property Advisory Committee Meeting
ACTION:
Notice of meeting.
SUMMARY:
The Department of State announces the location, dates, times, and agenda for the next meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee ("the Committee").
DATES AND TIMES:
The Committee will meet from September 15-17, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (EDT).
ADDRESSES:
The Committee will meet in person. The public will participate via videoconference.
Participation: The public may participate in, or observe, the virtual open session on September 15, 2025, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. (EDT). More information below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Andrew Zonderman, Cultural Heritage Center, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs: (202) 632-9459; ( culprop@state.gov ).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Acting Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs calls a meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee ("the Committee") in accordance with the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 2601-2613) ("the Act"). 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).
[top] Meeting Agenda: The Committee will review a request from the Government of the Republic of Cameroon seeking a bilateral cultural property agreement with the United States; the proposed extension of the emergency import restrictions unilaterally imposed by the United States on archaeological and ethnological material from Afghanistan, pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 2603; the proposed extension of the agreement with the Government of the Republic of Colombia; and the proposed extension of the agreement with the Government of the Republic of Türkiye. In addition, the Committee will review the
The Open Session: The public can observe the virtual open session on September 15, 2025 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. (EDT). Registered participants may provide oral comments during this session. The Department provides specific instructions on how to observe or provide oral comments at the open session at https://www.state.gov/cultural-property-advisory-committee-meeting-september-15-17-2025/.
Oral Comments: Register to speak at the open session by sending an email with your name and organizational affiliation, as well as any requests for reasonable accommodation, by September 8, 2025. Those who submit written comments in advance of the meeting are not required to make an oral comment during the open session. The Committee will review written comments if received by 11:59 p.m. (EDT) on September 8, 2025. Written comments may be submitted in two ways, depending on whether they contain confidential information:
? General Comments: For general comments, use https://www.regulations.gov, enter the docket DOS-2025-0203, and follow the prompts.
? Confidential Comments: For comments that contain privileged or confidential information (within the meaning of 19 U.S.C. 2605(i)(1)), please email submissions to culprop@state.gov. Include "Cameroon," "Afghanistan", "Colombia," and/or "Türkiye" in the subject line.
? Disclaimer: The Cultural Heritage Center website contains additional information about each agenda item, including categories of archaeological and ethnological material that may be included in import restrictions: https://www.state.gov/cultural-property-advisory-committee-meeting-september-15-17-2025/. Comments should relate specifically to the determinations specified in the Act at 19 U.S.C. 2602(a)(1). Written comments submitted via regulations.gov are not private and are posted at https://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 is privileged or confidential within the meaning of 19 U.S.C. 2605(i)(1)). We request that any party soliciting or aggregating written comments from other persons 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.
Virginia R. Herrmann,
Alternate Designated Federal Officer, Cultural Property Advisory Committee, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2025-15025 Filed 8-6-25; 8:45 am]
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