[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 174 (Friday, September 8, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 53154]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-14903]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5542]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``In the Beginning: Bibles Before the Year 1000''

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 ``In the Beginning: Bibles Before the Year 
1000,'' 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 
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, DC, from on or about October 21, 
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 Richard Lahne, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202/
453-8058). 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.
 [FR Doc. E6-14903 Filed 9-7-06; 8:45 am]
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