[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 174 (Friday, September 8, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53154-53155]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-14902]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5541]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Prayers & Portraits: Unfolding the Netherlands 
Diptych''

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.

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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 ``Prayers & Portraits: Unfolding the Netherlands Diptych,'' 
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, Washington, DC, from on or about November 12, 2006, 
until on or about February 4, 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 Wolodymyr Sulzynsky, Attorney-
Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State 
(telephone: 202/453-8050). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-
44, 301 4th Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: August 31, 2006.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
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