[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 147 (Tuesday, August 2, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 44415]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-15215]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5145]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Style and Status: Imperial Costumes From Ottoman 
Turkey''

    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 ``Style and Status: Imperial Costumes from 
Ottoman Turkey,'' 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 owners or 
custodians. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the 
exhibit objects at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian 
Institution, Washington, DC, from on or about October 29, 2005 to on or 
about January 22, 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 Wolodymyr R. Sulzynsky, the 
Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State, (telephone: 202-453-
8050). The address is Department of State, SA-44, 301 4th Street, SW., 
Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: July 26, 2005.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 05-15215 Filed 8-1-05; 8:45 am]
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