[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 177 (Tuesday, September 13, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 56491]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-23532]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 7582]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Tombs, Temples and Warriors: China's Imperial 
Legacy''

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, and Delegation of Authority No. 
236-3 of August 28, 2000 (and, as appropriate, Delegation of Authority 
No. 257 of April 15, 2003), I hereby determine that the objects to be 
included in the exhibition ``Tombs, Temples and Warriors: China's 
Imperial Legacy,'' 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 
custodian. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the 
exhibit objects at the Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, California, from on or 
about October 1, 2011, until on or about March 4, 2012, at the Houston 
Museum of Natural Sciences, Houston, Texas, from on or about April 1, 
2012 until on or about September 3, 2012, 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 Kevin M. Gleeson, Attorney-
Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State 
(telephone: 571-345-3006). The mailing address is U.S. Department of 
State, SA-5, L/PD, Fifth Floor (Suite 5H03), Washington, DC 20522-0505.

    Dated: September 7, 2011.
Lee Satterfield,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Acting Bureau of Educational and 
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2011-23532 Filed 9-12-11; 8:45 am]
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