[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 11, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18405-18406]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-5284]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5272]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, and the Renaissance of 
Venetian Painting''

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 ``Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, and the 
Renaissance of Venetian Painting,'' 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 the National Gallery of Art, from on or about 
June 18, 2006, until on or about September 17, 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 Paul

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Manning, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department 
of State (telephone: 202/453-8052). The address is U.S. Department of 
State, SA-44, 301 4th Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: April 3, 2006.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs Department of State.
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