[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 4 (Monday, January 7, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 1258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-20]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6053]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Luxury for Export: Artistic Exchange Between India 
and Portugal Around 1600''

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 ``Luxury for Export: Artistic Exchange 
Between India and Portugal Around 1600,'' 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 Isabella Stewart Gardner 
Museum, Boston, MA, from on or about February 8, 2008, until on or 
about May 4, 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 Carol B. Epstein, Attorney-
Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State 
(telephone: 202/453-8048). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-
44, 301 4th Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: December 28, 2007.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. E8-20 Filed 1-4-08; 8:45 am]
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