[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 179 (Friday, September 15, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54549-54550]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-15352]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5548]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Van Gogh's Sheaves of Wheat''

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

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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 
``Van Gogh's Sheaves of Wheat,'' 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 Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas, from 
on or about October 22, 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: September 11, 2006.
Alina L. Romanowski,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional and Cultural Exchanges, 
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
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