[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 57 (Monday, March 26, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 14161]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-5485]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5729]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Edward Hopper''

    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 ``Edward Hopper'', 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 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 
Massachusetts, beginning on or about May 6, 2007, until on or about 
August 19, 2007, the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, beginning 
on or about September 16, 2007, until on or about January 21, 2008, and 
the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, beginning on or about 
February 16, 2008, until on or about May 11, 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 Julianne Simpson, 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: March 20, 2007.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs Department of State.
 [FR Doc. E7-5485 Filed 3-23-07; 8:45 am]
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