[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 112 (Monday, June 11, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 27068]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-12491]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 10439]


Notice of Determinations; Culturally Significant Objects Imported 
for Exhibition Determinations: ``The History of the Bible--in the 
Beginning'' Exhibition

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: I 
hereby determine that certain objects to be included in the exhibition 
``The History of the Bible--in the Beginning,'' 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 Museum of the 
Bible, Washington, District of Columbia, from on or about June 20, 
2018, until on or about June 1, 2019, 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: Elliot Chiu, Attorney-Adviser, 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The foregoing determinations were made 
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. 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.

 Marie Therese Porter Royce,
Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 2018-12491 Filed 6-8-18; 8:45 am]
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