[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 223 (Monday, November 21, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 70110]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-23013]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5233]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Picasso to Plensa: A Century of Art From Spain''

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 objects to be included in the exhibition, 
``Picasso to Plensa: A Century of Art from Spain,'' 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 Albuquerque Museum, 
Albuquerque, New Mexico, from on or about December 18, 2005, to on or 
about April 16, 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, such as a 
list of exhibit objects, 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: November 15, 2005.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 05-23013 Filed 11-18-05; 8:45 am]
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