[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 165 (Wednesday, August 26, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51863-51864]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-21195]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 9238]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Vatican Splendors'' Exhibition

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), E. O. 12047 of March 27, 1978, the 
Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat.

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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 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 a loan agreement with the foreign 
owner or custodian. I also determine that the exhibition or display of 
the exhibit objects at The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania, from on or about September 19, 2015, until on or about 
February 15, 2016, at The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and 
Museum, Simi Valley, California, from on or about March 6, 2016, until 
on or about August 28, 2016, 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 imported objects, contact the Office of Public Diplomacy 
and Public Affairs in the Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department 
of State (telephone: 202-632-6471; email: [email protected]). The 
mailing address is U.S. Department of State, L/PD, SA-5, Suite 5H03, 
Washington, DC 20522-0505.

    Dated: August 19, 2015.
Evan Ryan,
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2015-21195 Filed 8-25-15; 8:45 am]
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