[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 154 (Friday, August 10, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 45081]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-15690]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5882]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations; ``Pompeo Batoni: Prince of Painters in Eighteenth 
Century Rome''

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 ``Pompeo Batoni: Prince of Painters in 
Eighteenth Century Rome'' 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, Houston, Houston, Texas, 
from on or about October 21, 2007, until on or about January 28, 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 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: August 2, 2007.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
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