Public Participation

Public Participation

The Cultural Property Advisory Committee welcomes public comment on cultural property agreements and import restrictions during the Committee’s quarterly meetings.

The Committee meets quarterly, typically during the last week of January, April, July, and October.  Exact meeting dates and countries under consideration will be announced, in advance of each meeting, when they become available.

Public comments on cultural property agreements should focus on the four determinations in the Cultural Property Implementation Act 19 U.S.C. § 2602(a)(1).

How to submit written comments:  Use regulations.gov and follow the prompts to submit written comments. Please submit separate comments for each country.  Written comments must be submitted no later than one week before the meeting date.

How to make oral comments:  Make oral comments during the Virtual Open Session (its date and time will be publicized in advance).  Requests to speak must be submitted no later than one week before the meeting start date.

Join the Virtual Open Session

The virtual open session of the Committee meeting will be held on Zoom.  The open session will start with a brief presentation by the Committee, after which registered public participants will comment.

To Speak: Registered participants can speak and may be asked questions by the Committee.  If you wish to register to speak you must submit your name and organizational affiliation in an email request to culprop@state.gov one week before the public session date.  After you pre-register you will receive an email response with a unique link and instructions on how to participate. Due to time constraints, each participant will have no more than five minutes to speak.

To Observe: Anyone may observe the open session through Zoom, but they will not be able to speak.  It is not necessary to pre-register to observe.  If needed, please request reasonable accommodation by email to culprop@state.gov no later than one week before the meeting date.  It may not be possible to fulfill requests made after that date.