[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 141 (Monday, July 25, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 42613]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-14611]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5139]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition; 
Determinations: ``David Milne Watercolors: Painting Toward the Light''

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, and 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 ``David Milne Watercolors: 
Painting Toward the Light,'' 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 
lenders. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit 
objects at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY from on or 
about November 7, 2005 to on or about January 29, 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 Carol B. Epstein, Attorney-
Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State, (telephone: 
(202) 453-8048). The address is Department of State, SA-44, 301 4th 
Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: July 18, 2005.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs Department of State.
[FR Doc. 05-14611 Filed 7-22-05; 8:45 am]
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