[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 18, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 2981]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-460]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5275]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Courbet and the Modern Landscape''

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 ``Courbet and the Modern Landscape,'' 
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 J. Paul Getty 
Museum, Los Angeles, CA, from on or about February 21, 2006, until on 
or about May 14, 2006, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, from on or 
about June 18, 2006, until on or about September 10, 2006, the Walters 
Art Museum, Baltimore, MD, from on or about October 15, 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 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: January 10, 2006.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant, Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. E6-460 Filed 1-17-06; 8:45 am]
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