[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 8, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 11306]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-4462]



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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5009]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Printing the Talmud: From Bomberg to Schottenstein''

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 object to be 
included in the exhibition ``Printing the Talmud: From Bomberg to 
Schottenstein,'' imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within 
the United States, is of cultural significance. The object is imported 
pursuant to a loan agreement with the foreign owner. I also determine 
that the exhibition or display of the exhibit object at the Yeshiva 
University Museum, New York, NY, from on or about April 10, 2005, to on 
or about August 28, 2005, 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 object, contact Julianne Simpson, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State, (telephone: 202/
453-8049). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-44, 301 4th 
Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: February 25, 2005.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 05-4462 Filed 3-7-05; 8:45 am]
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