[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 151 (Monday, August 8, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 45747]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-15630]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5150]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``International Arts and Crafts''

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 ``International Arts and Crafts,'' 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 lenders. I also determine that the 
exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at the Indianapolis Museum 
of Art, Indianapolis, IN, from on or about September 25, 2005, to on or 
about January 22, 2006; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San 
Francisco, CA, from on or about March 18, 2006, to on or about June 18, 
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 29, 2005.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 05-15630 Filed 8-5-05; 8:45 am]
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