[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 98 (Monday, May 22, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 29377]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-7760]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5415]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Sheila Hicks: Weaving as Metaphor''

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 an object to be 
included in the exhibition ``Sheila Hicks: Weaving as Metaphor,'' 
imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, 
is of cultural significance. The object is imported pursuant to a loan 
agreement with the foreign owner or custodian. I also determine that 
the exhibition or display of the exhibit object at The Brad Graduate 
Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts Design, and Culture, New 
York, New York, from on or about July 12, 2006, until on or about 
October 15, 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 object, 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: May 16, 2006.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
 [FR Doc. E6-7760 Filed 5-19-06; 8:45 am]
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