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19 USC § 2605 - Cultural Property Advisory Committee
Establishment There is established the Cultural Property Advisory Committee.
The Committee shall be composed of eleven members appointed by the President as follows:
Appointments made under paragraph (1) shall be made in such a manner so as to insure—
Expenses The members of the Committee shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of duties for the Committee.
Transaction of business Six of the members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum. All decisions of the Committee shall be by majority vote of the members present and voting.
Reports by Committee (1)
The Commitee [1]
shall, with respect to each request of a State Party referred to in section 2602
(a) of this title, undertake an investigation and review with respect to matters referred to in section 2602
(a)(1) of this title as they relate to the State Party or the request and shall prepare a report setting forth—
its recommendation, together with the reasons therefor, as to whether an agreement should be entered into under section 2602
(a) of this title with respect to the State Party.
The Committee shall, with respect to each agreement proposed to be extended by the President under section 2602
(e) of this title, prepare a report setting forth its recommendations together with the reasons therefor, as to whether or not the agreement should be extended.
The Committee shall in each case in which the Committee finds that an emergency condition under section 2603 of this title exists prepare a report setting forth its recommendations, together with the reasons therefor, as to whether emergency action under section 2603 of this title should be implemented. If any State Party indicates in its request under section 2602
(a) of this title that an emergency condition exists and the Committee finds that such a condition does not exist, the Committee shall prepare a report setting forth the reasons for such finding.
Any report prepared by the Committee which recommends the entering into or the extension of any agreement under section 2602 of this title or the implementation of emergency action under section 2603 of this title shall set forth—
In general The Committee shall undertake a continuing review of the effectiveness of agreements under section 2602 of this title that have entered into force with respect to the United States, and of emergency action implemented under section 2603 of this title.
Action by Committee If the Committee finds, as a result of such review, that—
cause exists for suspending, under section 2602
(d) of this title, the import restrictions imposed under an agreement;
Federal Advisory Committee Act The provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92–463; 5 U.S.C. Appendix) shall apply to the Committee except that the requirements of subsections (a) and (b) ofsection 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 negotiating objectives or bargaining positions on the negotiations of any agreement authorized by this chapter.
In general Any information (including trade secrets and commercial or financial information which is privileged or confidential) submitted in confidence by the private sector to officers or employees of the United States or to the Committee in connection with the responsibilities of the Committee shall not be disclosed to any person other than to—
Governmental information Information submitted in confidence by officers or employees of the United States to the Committee shall not be disclosed other than in accordance with rules issued by the Director of the United States Information Agency, after consultation with the Committee. Such rules shall define the categories of information which require restricted or confidential handling by such Committee considering the extent to which public disclosure of such information can reasonably be expected to prejudice the interests of the United States. Such rules shall, to the maximum extent feasible, permit meaningful consultations by Committee members with persons affected by proposed agreements authorized by this chapter.
No authority to negotiate Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to authorize or to permit any individual (not otherwise authorized or permitted) to participate directly in any negotiation of any agreement authorized by this chapter.
(Pub. L. 97–446, title III, § 306,Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2356; Pub. L. 100–204, title III, § 307(a), (b),Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1380.)
1987—Subsec. (b)(3)(A). Pub. L. 100–204, § 307(a), amended subpar. (A) generally. Prior to amendment, subpar. (A) read as follows: “Members of the Committee shall be appointed for terms of two years and may be reappointed for 1 or more terms.”
Subsec. (b)(3)(B). Pub. L. 100–204, § 307(b), amended subpar. (B) generally. Prior to amendment, subpar. (B) read as follows: “A vacancy in the Commission shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made.”
Section 307(c) ofPub. L. 100–204provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply to members of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee first appointed after the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 22, 1987].”