[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 216 (Wednesday, November 8, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 65563]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-18876]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5611]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Jasper Johns: An Allegory of Painting, 1955-1965''

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 ``Jasper Johns: An Allegory of Painting, 
1955-1965,'' 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 January 
28, 2007 to on or about April 29, 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: November 2, 2006.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. E6-18876 Filed 11-7-06; 8:45 am]
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