[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 234 (Thursday, December 6, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 68942]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-23679]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6008]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``The Dragon's Gift: The Sacred Arts of Bhutan''

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 ``The Dragon's Gift: The Sacred Arts of 
Bhutan,'' 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 Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii, from on or about 
February 24, 2008, until on or about May 23, 2008, the Rubin Museum of 
Art, New York, New York, from on or about September 18, 2008, until on 
or about January 5, 2009, the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San 
Francisco, California, from on or about February 1, 2009, until on or 
about May 31, 2009, 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 Paul W. Manning, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202/
453-8052). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-44, 301 4th 
Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: November 29, 2007.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
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