[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 141 (Monday, July 25, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42613-42614]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-14612]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5140]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Monumental Sculpture in Florence: Ghiberti, Nanni di 
Banco, and Verrocchio''

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: 
Pursuant to

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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 ``Monumental Sculpture in Florence: Ghiberti, Nanni di 
Banco, and Verrocchio,'' 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 
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC from on or about September 18, 
2005 to on or about February 26, 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, S.W., 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. 05-14612 Filed 7-22-05; 8:45 am]
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