[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 71 (Monday, April 14, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 20961]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-08341]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 8694]


Culturally Significant Object Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Traveling the Silk Road: Ancient Pathway to the 
Modern World''

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 object to be 
included in the exhibition ``Traveling the Silk Road: Ancient Pathway 
to the Modern World,'' imported from abroad for temporary exhibition 
within the United 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 Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, 
Ohio, from on or about May 31, 2014, until on or about October 5, 2014, 
the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver, Colorado, from on or 
about November 19, 2014, until on or about May 3, 2015, 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 
description of the imported object, 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 7, 2014.
Kelly Keiderling,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and 
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2014-08341 Filed 4-11-14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4710-05-P