[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 149 (Thursday, August 4, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 44969]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-15452]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5147]


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

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 additional 
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 
additional objects are imported pursuant to loan agreements with the 
foreign lenders. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the 
additional 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: July 28, 2005.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 05-15452 Filed 8-3-05; 8:45 am]
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