[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 23, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14744-14745]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-5739]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5033]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``The Shamans: Spirit Guides of Siberia''

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

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October 1, 1999 [64 FR 56014], Delegation of Authority No. 236 of 
October 19, 1999 [64 FR 57920], 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, ``The Shamans: Spirit Guides 
of Siberia,'' imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the 
United States, are of cultural significance. The objects are imported 
pursuant to a loan agreement with the foreign lender. I also determine 
that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at the Anchorage 
Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, Alaska, from on or about May 12, 
2005, to on or about September 18, 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 or a list of 
objects, contact Paul W. Manning, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the Legal 
Adviser, (202) 453-8052, and the address is United States Department of 
State, SA-44, Room 700, 301 4th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: March 17, 2005.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 05-5739 Filed 3-22-05; 8:45 am]
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