[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 25 (Monday, February 7, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6650-6651]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-2647]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 7319]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Splendors of Faith/Scars of Conquest: The Arts of the 
Missions of Northern New Spain, 1600-1821''

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 object to be 
included in the exhibition ``Splendors of Faith/Scars of Conquest: The 
Arts of the Missions of Northern New Spain, 1600-1821,'' imported from 
abroad for temporary exhibition within the United

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States, is of cultural significance. The object is imported pursuant to 
a loan agreement with the foreign owner or custodian. I also determine 
that the exhibition or display of the exhibit object at the Oakland 
Museum of California, Oakland, CA, from on or about February 26, 2011, 
until on or about May 29, 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 object, contact Julie Simpson, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202-
632-6467). The mailing address is U.S. Department of State, SA-5, L/PD, 
Fifth Floor (Suite 5H03), Washington, DC 20522-0505.

    Dated: January 31, 2011.
Ann Stock,
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2011-2647 Filed 2-4-11; 8:45 am]
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