[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 176 (Tuesday, September 13, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54098-54099]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-18109]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5187]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Ewer''

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 [64 FR 56014], Delegation of 
Authority No. 236 of October 19, 1999 [64 FR 57920], as amended, and 
Delegation of Authority No. 257 of April 15, 2003 [68 FR 19875], I 
hereby determine that the object to be included in the exhibition, 
``Ewer,'' imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the 
United States, is of cultural significance. The object is imported 
pursuant to a loan agreement with the foreign lender. I also determine 
that the exhibition or display of the exhibit object at the 
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, from on or about 
September 30, 2005, to on or about September 30, 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, contact Paul 
W. Manning, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, (202) 453-
8052, and the address is United States Department of State, SA-44, Room 
700, 301 4th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: September 7, 2005.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 05-18109 Filed 9-12-05; 8:45 am]
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