[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 4, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 6080]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-2325]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6508]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Brucke: The Birth of Expressionism, 1905-1913''

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 in 
the exhibition: ``Brucke: The Birth of Expressionism, 1905-1913,'' 
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 Neue Galerie, 
New York, NY, from on or about February 26, 2009, until on or about 
June 29, 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 26, 2009.
C. Miller Crouch,
Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. E9-2325 Filed 2-3-09; 8:45 am]
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