Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 238 / Monday, December 12, 2011 / Notices 77299 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 7722] 

Culturally Significant Objects Imported 

for Exhibition Determinations: ‘‘Civic 

Pride: Group Portraits from 

Amsterdam’’ 

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, and Delegation of 

Authority No. 236–3 of August 28, 2000 

(and, as appropriate, Delegation of 

Authority No. 257 of April 15, 2003), I 

hereby determine that the objects to be 

included in the exhibition ‘‘Civic Pride: 

Group Portraits from Amsterdam,’’ 

imported from abroad for temporary 

exhibition within the United States, are 

of cultural significance. The objects are 

imported pursuant to loan agreements 

with the foreign owners or custodians. 

I also determine that the exhibition or 

display of the exhibit objects at the 

National Gallery of Art, Washington, 

DC, from on or about January 22, 2012, 

until on or about January 2, 2017, and 

at possible additional exhibitions or 

venues yet to be determined, is in the 

national interest. I have ordered that 

Public Notice of these Determinations 

be published in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, including a list of 

the exhibit objects, contact Ona M. 

Hahs, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the 

Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State 

(telephone: (202) 632–6473). The 

mailing address is U.S. Department of 

State, SA–5, L/PD, Fifth Floor (Suite 

5H03), Washington, DC 20522–0505. 

Dated: November 29, 2011. 

J. Adam Ereli, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau 

of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 

Department of State. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 7723] 

Culturally Significant Objects Imported 

for Exhibition Determinations: ‘‘Van 

Gogh. Up Close’’ 

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, and Delegation of 

Authority No. 236–3 of August 28, 2000 

(and, as appropriate, Delegation of 

Authority No. 257 of April 15, 2003), I 

hereby determine that the objects to be 

included in the exhibition ‘‘Van Gogh. 

Up Close.,’’ imported from abroad for 

temporary exhibition within the United 

States, are of cultural significance. The 

objects are imported pursuant to loan 

agreements with the foreign owners or 

custodians. I also determine that the 

exhibition or display of the exhibit 

objects at the Philadelphia Museum of 

Art, Philadelphia, PA, from on or about 

January 26, 2012, until on or about May 

6, 2012, and at possible additional 

exhibitions or venues yet to be 

determined, is in the national interest. 

I have ordered that Public Notice of 

these Determinations be published in 

the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, including a list of 

the exhibit objects, contact Ona M. 

Hahs, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the 

Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State 

(telephone: (202) 632–6473). The 

mailing address is U.S. Department of 

State, SA–5, L/PD, Fifth Floor (Suite 

5H03), Washington, DC 20522–0505. 

Dated: December 2, 2011. 

J. Adam Ereli, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau 

of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 

Department of State. 

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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Generalized System of Preferences 

(GSP): Notice of Review of Certain 

Pending Country Practice Petitions 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Request for submissions and 

notice of public hearing. 

SUMMARY: As part of past GSP annual 

reviews, the Office of the United States 

Trade Representative (USTR) accepted 

for review petitions to modify the GSP 

status of certain GSP beneficiary 

developing countries because of country 

practices. This notice announces the 

schedule for submissions and a public 

hearing on the ongoing reviews of 

outstanding country practice petitions 

related to concerns about internationally 

recognized worker rights and/or child 

labor in Bangladesh, Niger, Philippines, 

Sri Lanka, and Uzbekistan. In addition, 

the hearing will include testimony on a 

country practice petition related to the 

Republic of Georgia. (See 76 FR 67530.) 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tameka Cooper, GSP Program, Office of 

the United States Trade Representative, 

1724 F Street NW., Room F–214, 

Washington, DC 20508. The telephone 

number is (202) 395–6971, the fax 

number is (202) 395–2961, and the email address is 

Tameka_Cooper@ustr.eop.gov. 

DATES: The GSP regulations (15 CFR 

Part 2007) provide the schedule of dates 

for conducting an annual review unless 

otherwise specified in a notice 

published in the Federal Register. The 

schedule for the review of the country 

practice petitions cited above follows. 

January 10, 2012: Due date for 

submission of pre-hearing briefs and 

requests to appear at the GSP 

Subcommittee Public Hearing; must be 

submitted by 5 p.m. 

January 24, 2012: GSP Subcommittee 

Public Hearing on the the subject 

country practice petitions, to be held at 

1724 F Street NW., Washington, DC 

20508, beginning at 9:30 a.m. 

February 14, 2012: Due date for 

submission of post-hearing briefs and 

comments from the public. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The GSP 

program provides for the duty-free 

importation of eligible articles when 

imported from designated beneficiary 

developing countries. The GSP program 

is authorized by Title V of the Trade Act 

of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2461, et seq.), as 

amended, and is implemented in 

accordance with Executive Order 11888 

of November 24, 1975, as modified by 

subsequent Executive Orders and 

Presidential Proclamations. 

Notice of Public Hearing 

A hearing will be held by the GSP 

Subcommittee of the TPSC on Tuesday, 

January 24, 2012, for the country 

practice petitions described above 

beginning at 9:30 a.m. at 1724 F Street 

NW., Washington, DC 20508. The 

hearing will be open to the public, and 

a transcript of the hearing will be made 

available for public inspection or can be 

purchased from the reporting company. 

No electronic media coverage or 

recording devices will be allowed. 

All interested parties wishing to make 

an oral presentation at the hearing must 

submit, following the ‘‘Requirements for 

Submissions’’ set out below, the name, 

address, telephone number, facsimile 

number, and email address, if available, 

of the witness(es) representing their 


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