[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 26 (Thursday, February 7, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 7359]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-2272]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6093]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Gilbert & George''

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 an object to be 
included in the exhibition ``Gilbert & George'', imported from abroad 
for temporary exhibition within the United States, is of cultural 
significance. The object is imported pursuant to loan agreements with 
the foreign owners or custodians. I also determine that the exhibition 
or display of the exhibit object at the Fine Arts Museums of San 
Francisco, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA, from on or about 
February 16, 2008, until on or about May 18, 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 Richard Lahne, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202/
453-8058). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-44, 301 4th 
Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: February 1, 2008.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
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