[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 85 (Thursday, May 3, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 24655]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-8472]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5784]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Symbols of Power: Napoleon and the Art of the Empire 
Style, 1800-1815''

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 ``Symbols of Power: Napoleon and the Art of 
the Empire Style, 1800-1815'', 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 St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 
Missouri, from on or about June 16, 2007, until on or about September 
16, 2007, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, 
from on or about October 21, 2007, until on or about January 27, 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 Julie 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: April 25, 2007.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
 [FR Doc. E7-8472 Filed 5-2-07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4710-05-P