[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 184 (Friday, September 21, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58606-58607]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-23340]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 8039]


Notice of Closed Meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory 
Committee

    There will be a closed meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory 
Committee on Thursday, October 25, 2012, and on Friday, October 26, 
2012, at the Department of State, Annex 5, 2201 C Street NW., 
Washington, DC.
    The Committee will conduct interim reviews of the Memorandum of 
Understanding Between the Government of the United States of America 
and the Government of the Kingdom of Cambodia Concerning the Imposition 
of Import Restrictions of Archaeological Material from the Kingdom of 
Cambodia from the Bronze Age through the Khmer Era, and the Memorandum 
of Understanding Between the Government of the United States of America 
and the Government of the People's Republic of China Concerning the 
Imposition of Import Restrictions on Categories of Archaeological 
Material from the Paleolithic Period through the Tang Dynasty and 
Monumental Sculpture and Wall Art at Least 250 Years Old. Public 
comment, oral and written, will be invited at a time in the future 
should these MOUs be proposed for extension.
    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 and subject Memoranda of 
Understanding, as well as related information, may be found at http://exchanges.state.gov/heritage/culprop. This meeting will be

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closed pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B) and 19 U.S.C. 2605(h), the 
latter of which stipulates that ``The provisions of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act * * * shall apply to the [Cultural Property 
Advisory] Committee except that the requirements of subsections (a) and 
(b) of section 10 and 11 of such Act (relating to open meetings, public 
notice, public participation, and public availability of documents) 
shall not apply to the Committee, whenever and to the extent it is 
determined by the President or his designee that the disclosure of 
matters involved in the Committee's proceedings would compromise the 
Government's negotiation objectives or bargaining positions on the 
negotiations of any agreement authorized by this title.''

    Dated: September 8, 2012.
Ann Stock,
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2012-23340 Filed 9-20-12; 8:45 am]
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