[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 122 (Tuesday, June 26, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 35082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-12344]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5848]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition; 
Determinations: ``Maps: Finding Our Way in the World''

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 ``Maps: Finding Our Way in the World,'' 
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 Field Museum, 
Chicago, Illinois, from on or about November 2, 2007, until on or about 
January 27, 2008, and the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, from 
on or about March 14, 2008, until on or about June 8, 2008, and at 
possible additional exhibitions or 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: June 15, 2007.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
 [FR Doc. E7-12344 Filed 6-25-07; 8:45 am]
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