[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 9 (Monday, January 14, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 2301]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-432]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6059]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Vatican Splendors''

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 ``Vatican Splendors,'' imported from abroad 
for temporary exhibition within the United States, are of cultural 
significance. The objects are imported pursuant to a loan agreement 
with the foreign owner or custodian. I also determine that the 
exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at The Florida 
International Museum, St. Petersburg, FL, from on or about February 9, 
2008, until on or about May 11, 2008; The Western Reserve Historical 
Society, Cleveland, OH, from on or about May 31, 2008, until on or 
about September 9, 2008, and The Minnesota Historical Society, St. 
Paul, MN, from on or about September 27, 2008, until on or about 
January 11, 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 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: January 4, 2008.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.

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