[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 249 (Thursday, December 28, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78255-78256]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-22319]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5655]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition; 
Determinations: ``Dead Sea Scrolls''

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

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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 ``Dead Sea Scrolls'', 
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 San Diego 
Natural History Museum, San Diego, California, from on or about June 
29, 2007, until on or about January 15, 2008, 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: December 20, 2006.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. E6-22319 Filed 12-27-06; 8:45 am]
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