[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 28, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 5064]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-01399]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 11008]


Notice of Determinations; Culturally Significant Objects Imported 
for Exhibition--Determinations: ``Mesopotamia: Civilization Begins'' 
Exhibition

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: I 
hereby determine that certain objects to be exhibited in the exhibition 
``Mesopotamia: Civilization Begins,'' imported from abroad for 
temporary exhibition within the United States, are of cultural 
significance. The objects are imported pursuant to loan agreements with 
the foreign owners or custodians. I also determine that the exhibition 
or display of the exhibit objects at The J. Paul Getty Museum at the 
Getty Villa, Pacific Palisades, California, from on or about March 18, 
2020, until on or about July 27, 2020, 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: Chi D. Tran, Paralegal Specialist, 
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), 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.

Marie Therese Porter Royce,
Assistant Secretary, Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 2020-01399 Filed 1-27-20; 8:45 am]
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