[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 3 (Thursday, January 5, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-8308]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5268]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``The Dead Sea Scrolls''

    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 ``The Dead Sea Scrolls'', 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 or custodians. I also determine that 
the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at Discovery Place, 
Charlotte, NC, from on or about February 17, 2006, until on or about 
May 29, 2006, at Pacific Science Center, Seattle, WA, from on or about 
September 20, 2006, until on or about January 7, 2007, 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 28, 2005.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
 [FR Doc. E5-8308 Filed 1-4-06; 8:45 am]
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