[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 15, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 7791]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-2898]



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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4991]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt * * * 
Treasures From the British Museum''

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice.

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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 objects to be 
included in the exhibition ``Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt * 
* * Treasures from the British Museum'', 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. I also determine that the exhibition or display of 
the exhibit objects at the Bowers Museum, from on or about April 17, 
2005, until on or about April 18, 2010, 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 CONTACT: For further information, including a 
list of the exhibit objects, contact Richard Lahne, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202/
453-8058). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-44, 301 4th 
Street, SW. Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: February 7, 2005.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 05-2898 Filed 2-14-05; 8:45 am]
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