[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 80 (Tuesday, April 27, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 22172]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-9717]



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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6980]


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 loan agreements with 
the foreign owners or custodians. I also determine that the exhibition 
or display of the exhibit objects at the Missouri History Museum, Saint 
Louis, Missouri, from on or about May 15, 2010, until on or about 
September 12, 2010, the Senator John Heinz History Center, Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania, from on or about October 2, 2010, until on or about 
January 9, 2011, the Museum of Art, Nova Southeastern University, Fort 
Lauderdale, Florida, from on or about January 29, 2011, until on or 
about April 24, 2011, and at possible additional exhibitions or venues 
yet to be determined, is in the national interest. I have ordered that 
Public Notice of these Determinations be published in the Federal 
Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, including a 
list of the exhibit objects, contact Paul W. Manning, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202-
632-6469). The mailing address is U.S. Department of State, SA-5, L/PD, 
Fifth Floor (Suite 5H03), Washington, DC 20522-0505.

    Dated: April 21, 2010.
Judith A. McHale,
Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 2010-9717 Filed 4-26-10; 8:45 am]
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