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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 5006]
[Public Notice 5009]
RIN 1400–AA–88
Culturally Significant Objects Imported
for Exhibition Determinations:
‘‘Printing the Talmud: From Bomberg
to Schottenstein’’
Department of State Selection of
Accrediting Entities Under the
Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000
Department of State
Notice
AGENCY:
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Department of State.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the
following determinations: Pursuant to
the authority vested in me by the Act of
October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C.
2459), Executive Order 12047 of March
27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and
Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat.
2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et
seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of
October 1, 1999, Delegation of Authority
No. 236 of October 19, 1999, as
amended, and Delegation of Authority
No. 257 of April 15, 2003 [68 FR 19875],
I hereby determine that the object to be
included in the exhibition ‘‘Printing the
Talmud: From Bomberg to
Schottenstein,’’ imported from abroad
for temporary exhibition within the
United States, is of cultural significance.
The object is imported pursuant to a
loan agreement with the foreign owner.
I also determine that the exhibition or
display of the exhibit object at the
Yeshiva University Museum, New York,
NY, from on or about April 10, 2005, to
on or about August 28, 2005, and at
possible additional venues yet to be
determined, is in the national interest.
Public Notice of these Determinations is
ordered to be published in the Federal
Register.
For
further information, including a list of
the exhibit object, contact Julianne
Simpson, Attorney-Adviser, Office of
the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of
State, (telephone: 202/453–8049). The
address is U.S. Department of State, SA–
44, 301 4th Street, SW., Room 700,
Washington, DC 20547–0001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dated: February 25, 2005.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department
of State.
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SUMMARY: The Department of State (the
Department) is the lead Federal agency
for implementation of the 1993 Hague
Convention on Protection of Children
and Co-operation in Respect of
Intercountry Adoption (the Convention)
and the Intercountry Adoption Act of
2000 (the IAA). Among other things, the
IAA gives the Secretary of State
responsibility for the accreditation of
agencies and approval of persons to
provide adoption services under the
Convention. The IAA requires the
Department to enter into agreements
with one or more qualified entities
under which such entities will perform
the task of accrediting or approving
agencies and persons. This notice is to
inform the public that the Department
will be conducting meetings with
potential accrediting entities in order to
reach agreements with those that are
qualified to be designated as IAA
accrediting entities. The agreements will
set forth how the accrediting entities
will perform their functions under the
IAA. The final agreements will be
published in the Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa
Vogel at 202–736–9108. Hearing or
speech-impaired persons may use the
Telecommunications Devices for the
Deaf (TDD) by contacting the Federal
Information Relay Service at 1–800–
877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department, pursuant to section 202(a)
of the IAA, must enter into at least one
agreement to designate an accrediting
entity. Accrediting entities may be: (1)
Nonprofit private entities with expertise
in developing and administering
standards for entities providing child
welfare services; or (2) State adoption
licensing bodies that have expertise in
developing and administering standards
for entities providing child welfare
services and that accredit only agencies
located in that State. Five potential State
licensing bodies (Colorado, Connecticut,
New Mexico, Utah, and Vermont) and
one potential nonprofit accrediting
entity (Council on Accreditation) have
submitted statements of interest
indicating that they may be eligible and
may wish to be designated as
accrediting entities under the IAA. The
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Department now intends to begin
meeting with these potential accrediting
entities to develop agreements. The
agreements will set forth how the
accrediting entities will perform their
functions under the IAA and how the
Department will oversee their
performance of such functions, and will
address related matters such as the fees
that an accrediting entity may charge
agencies and persons for accreditation/
approval services.
These meetings with potential
accrediting entities will be open only to
the eligible applicants. They will focus
on the development of agreements. No
agreements will be signed or published
in the Federal Register until the
Department has issued a final rule on
the accreditation and approval of
agencies and persons, for which a
proposed rule (for 22 CFR part 96) was
published in the Federal Register (68
FR 54064, September 15, 2003). The
public comment period for that
proposed rule is now closed. Postcomment period comments on the rule
are discouraged. If the planned meetings
to develop agreements result in the
Department receiving additional
comments from a potential accrediting
entity, however, the Department will
consider their possible addition to the
public file. Interested persons are free to
check the public file on an ongoing
basis for such comments. The
Department is not required to consider
comments provided to it after the
comment period has closed, and is
making no commitment to do so; any
addition of comments to the public file
is intended to promote the transparency
of the regulatory process.
Public comments and supporting
materials submitted in connection with
the proposed rule are available for
viewing and copying at: U.S.
Department of State, SA–29, 2100
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20520. To review docket materials,
members of the public must make an
appointment by calling Delilia GibsonMartin at 202–736–9105. The public
may copy a maximum of 100 pages at
no charge. Additional copies cost $0.25
per page. The Department has also
posted public comments at: https://
travel.state.gov.
Dated: March 1, 2005.
Daniel B. Smith,
Acting, Assistant Secretary for Consular
Affairs, Department of State.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 5006]
RIN 1400-AA-88
Department of State Selection of Accrediting Entities Under the
Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000
AGENCY: Department of State
ACTION: Notice
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SUMMARY: The Department of State (the Department) is the lead Federal
agency for implementation of the 1993 Hague Convention on Protection of
Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (the
Convention) and the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 (the IAA). Among
other things, the IAA gives the Secretary of State responsibility for
the accreditation of agencies and approval of persons to provide
adoption services under the Convention. The IAA requires the Department
to enter into agreements with one or more qualified entities under
which such entities will perform the task of accrediting or approving
agencies and persons. This notice is to inform the public that the
Department will be conducting meetings with potential accrediting
entities in order to reach agreements with those that are qualified to
be designated as IAA accrediting entities. The agreements will set
forth how the accrediting entities will perform their functions under
the IAA. The final agreements will be published in the Federal
Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa Vogel at 202-736-9108. Hearing or
speech-impaired persons may use the Telecommunications Devices for the
Deaf (TDD) by contacting the Federal Information Relay Service at 1-
800-877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department, pursuant to section 202(a)
of the IAA, must enter into at least one agreement to designate an
accrediting entity. Accrediting entities may be: (1) Nonprofit private
entities with expertise in developing and administering standards for
entities providing child welfare services; or (2) State adoption
licensing bodies that have expertise in developing and administering
standards for entities providing child welfare services and that
accredit only agencies located in that State. Five potential State
licensing bodies (Colorado, Connecticut, New Mexico, Utah, and Vermont)
and one potential nonprofit accrediting entity (Council on
Accreditation) have submitted statements of interest indicating that
they may be eligible and may wish to be designated as accrediting
entities under the IAA. The Department now intends to begin meeting
with these potential accrediting entities to develop agreements. The
agreements will set forth how the accrediting entities will perform
their functions under the IAA and how the Department will oversee their
performance of such functions, and will address related matters such as
the fees that an accrediting entity may charge agencies and persons for
accreditation/approval services.
These meetings with potential accrediting entities will be open
only to the eligible applicants. They will focus on the development of
agreements. No agreements will be signed or published in the Federal
Register until the Department has issued a final rule on the
accreditation and approval of agencies and persons, for which a
proposed rule (for 22 CFR part 96) was published in the Federal
Register (68 FR 54064, September 15, 2003). The public comment period
for that proposed rule is now closed. Post-comment period comments on
the rule are discouraged. If the planned meetings to develop agreements
result in the Department receiving additional comments from a potential
accrediting entity, however, the Department will consider their
possible addition to the public file. Interested persons are free to
check the public file on an ongoing basis for such comments. The
Department is not required to consider comments provided to it after
the comment period has closed, and is making no commitment to do so;
any addition of comments to the public file is intended to promote the
transparency of the regulatory process.
Public comments and supporting materials submitted in connection
with the proposed rule are available for viewing and copying at: U.S.
Department of State, SA-29, 2100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20520. To review docket materials, members of the public must make
an appointment by calling Delilia Gibson-Martin at 202-736-9105. The
public may copy a maximum of 100 pages at no charge. Additional copies
cost $0.25 per page. The Department has also posted public comments at:
https://travel.state.gov.
Dated: March 1, 2005.
Daniel B. Smith,
Acting, Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs, Department of State.
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