[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 135 (Friday, July 15, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 41072]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-13984]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5136]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``RUSSIA!: The Majesty of the Tsars: Treasures From the 
Kremlin 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 ``RUSSIA!: The Majesty of the Tsars: 
Treasures from the Kremlin Museum,'' imported from abroad for temporary 
exhibition within the United States, are of cultural significance. The 
objects are imported pursuant to a loan agreement with a foreign 
lender. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit 
objects at the Guggenheim-Hermitage Museum, Las Vegas, NV, from on or 
about September 1, 2005, to on or about January 15, 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: July 8, 2005.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 05-13984 Filed 7-14-05; 8:45 am]
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