[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 239 (Wednesday, December 14, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 74087]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-24065]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5246]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Rubens and His Age: Masterpieces From the Hermitage''

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 ``Rubens and His Age: Masterpieces from the 
Hermitage'', 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. I also determine 
that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at the 
Guggenheim-Hermitage Museum, Las Vegas, Nevada, from on or about 
January 30, 2006, until on or about August 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, including a 
list of the exhibit objects, contact Richard Lahne, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202/
453-8058). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-44, 301 4th 
Street, SW. Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: December 9, 2005.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 05-24065 Filed 12-12-05; 1:01 pm]
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