[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 121 (Friday, June 24, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 36685]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-12572]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5118]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Lords of Creation: the Origins of Sacred Maya 
Kingship''

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 ``Lords of Creation: the Origins of Sacred 
Maya Kingship,'' 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 lenders. I also 
determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at the 
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, from on or about 
September 10, 2005, to on or about January 2, 2006; Dallas Museum of 
Art, Dallas, TX, from on or about February 12, 2006, to on or about May 
7, 2006; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, from on or about 
June 11, 2006, to on or about September 10, 2006, 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 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: June 17, 2005.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 05-12572 Filed 6-23-05; 8:45 am]
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