[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 8, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6621-6622]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-2903]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 7792]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``The Rylands Haggadah: Medieval Jewish Art in 
Context''

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. 236-3 
of August 28, 2000 (and, as appropriate, Delegation of Authority No. 
257 of April 15, 2003), I hereby determine that the object to be 
included in the exhibition ``The Rylands Haggadah: Medieval Jewish Art 
in Context,'' imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the 
United States, is of cultural significance. The object is imported 
pursuant to a loan agreement with a foreign owner or custodian. I also 
determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit object at The 
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, from on or about March 27, 
2012, until on or about

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September 30, 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 an 
art object list, 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 30, 2012.
J. Adam Ereli,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and 
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2012-2903 Filed 2-7-12; 8:45 am]
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