[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 15, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46957-46958]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-13352]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5495]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: Canaletto's ``Venedig: at the Mouth of the Grand 
Canal'' and ``Venice: The Grand Canal''

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 two objects to be 
exhibited, Canaletto's ``Venedig: at the mouth of the Grand Canal'' and 
``Venice: The Grand Canal,'' imported from abroad for temporary 
exhibition within the United States, are of cultural significance. The 
objects are imported pursuant to a loan agreement with the foreign 
owner or custodian. I also determine that the exhibition or display of 
the objects at The Getty Center, Los Angeles, California, from on or 
about January 2, 2007, until on or about July 15, 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

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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: August 8, 2006.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
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