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Pursuant to law, executive order, and
delegation of authority, I have made
such a determination.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 9404]
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Notice of Closed Meeting of the
Cultural Property Advisory Committee
There will be a closed meeting of the
Cultural Property Advisory Committee
on Tuesday, February 2 and
Wednesday, February 3, 2016, at the
Department of State, Annex 5, 2200 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 on Archaeological
Material from 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 Belize Concerning the Imposition of
Import Restrictions on Categories of
Archaeological Material Representing
the Cultural Heritage of Belize from the
Pre-Ceramic (Approximately 9000 B.C.),
Pre-Classic, Classic, and Post-Classic
Periods of the Pre-Columbian Era
Through the Early and Late Colonial
Periods. Public comment, oral and
written, will be invited at a time in the
future should either or both of these
Memoranda of Understanding 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 text of the
Act and Memoranda of Understanding,
as well as related information, may be
found at https://
culturalheritage.state.gov.
This meeting will be 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 section 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 chapter.’’
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Dated: January 4, 2016.
Evan Ryan,
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational
and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of
State.
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GSP Annual Product Review
Office of the United States
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ACTION: Notice of hearing and receipt of
public comments.
AGENCY:
This notice announces
petitions submitted in connection with
the 2015/2016 GSP Annual Product
Review that have been accepted for
further review. This notice also sets
forth the schedule for submitting
comments and for a public hearing
associated with the review of these
petitions and products.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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of the United States Trade
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Notification of any other changes will be
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February 19, 2016—Due date for
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Subcommittee Public Hearing on the
2015/2016 GSP Annual Product Review.
March 3–4, 2016—The GSP
Subcommittee of the Trade Policy Staff
Committee (TPSC) will convene a
public hearing on all petitioned product
additions, product removals, and
competitive needs limitation (CNL)
waiver petitions that were accepted for
the 2015/2016 GSP Annual Product
Review. The hearing will be held in
Rooms 1 and 2, 1724 F Street NW.,
Washington DC 20508, beginning at 9:30
a.m. each day.
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March 25, 2016—Due date for
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briefs in connection with the GSP
Subcommittee Public Hearing.
April 2016—The U.S. International
Trade Commission is expected to
publish a public version of its report
providing advice on the probable
economic effect of the prospective
addition and removal of products and
granting of CNL waiver petitions
considered as part of 2015/2016 GSP
Annual Product Review. Comments
from interested parties on the USITC
report on these products should be
posted on www.regulations.gov in
Docket Number USTR–2015–0013
following the instructions provided
below and will be due 10 calendar days
after the date of the USITC’s publication
of the public version of the report.
July 1, 2016—Effective date for any
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for duty-free treatment under the GSP
resulting from the 2015/2016 Annual
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Petitions Requesting Modifications of
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Register on August 19, 2015 (80 FR
50377), the Office of the U.S. Trade
Representative (USTR) announced the
initiation of the 2015/2016 GSP Annual
Review and indicated that the
interagency GSP Subcommittee of the
TPSC was prepared to receive petitions
to modify the list of products that are
eligible for duty-free treatment under
the GSP program and petitions to waive
CNLs on imports of certain products
from specific beneficiary countries. On
November 17, 2015, USTR announced
that the deadline for the filing of CNL
waiver petitions had been extended to
December 4, 2015 (80 FR 73868 and 80
FR 71913).
The GSP Subcommittee of the TPSC
has reviewed the product and CNL
waiver petitions submitted in response
to these announcements, and has
decided to accept for review 23
petitions to add a product to the list of
those eligible for duty-free treatment
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 9404]
Notice of Closed Meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory
Committee
There will be a closed meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory
Committee on Tuesday, February 2 and Wednesday, February 3, 2016, at
the Department of State, Annex 5, 2200 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 on Archaeological Material from 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 Belize Concerning the Imposition of Import
Restrictions on Categories of Archaeological Material Representing the
Cultural Heritage of Belize from the Pre-Ceramic (Approximately 9000
B.C.), Pre-Classic, Classic, and Post-Classic Periods of the Pre-
Columbian Era Through the Early and Late Colonial Periods. Public
comment, oral and written, will be invited at a time in the future
should either or both of these Memoranda of Understanding 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 text of the Act and Memoranda of
Understanding, as well as related information, may be found at https://culturalheritage.state.gov.
This meeting will be 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 section 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 chapter.''
Pursuant to law, executive order, and delegation of authority, I
have made such a determination.
Dated: January 4, 2016.
Evan Ryan,
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S.
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2016-309 Filed 1-8-16; 8:45 am]
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