[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 173 (Friday, September 5, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51875-51876]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-20654]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6343]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Four Indian Kings (From the Portrait Gallery of 
Canada)''

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 ``Four Indian Kings (from the Portrait 
Gallery of Canada),'' 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

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custodian. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the 
exhibit objects at the Smithsonian Institution, Donald W. Reynolds 
Center for American Art and Portraiture, National Portrait Gallery, 
Washington, DC, from on or about September 12, 2008, until on or about 
January 25, 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: August 29, 2008.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. E8-20654 Filed 9-4-08; 8:45 am]
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