[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 194 (Tuesday, October 10, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 69981]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-22357]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice:12207]


Notice of Determinations; Additional Culturally Significant 
Object Being Imported for Exhibition--Determinations: ``Scripture and 
Science: Our Universe, Ourselves, and Our Place'' Exhibition

SUMMARY: On January 3, 2023, notice was published on page 125 of the 
Federal Register (volume 88, number 1) of determinations pertaining to 
certain objects to be included in an exhibition entitled ``Scripture 
and Science: Our Universe, Ourselves, and Our Place.'' On April 4, 
2023, notice was published on page 20015 of the Federal Register 
(volume 88, number 64) of determinations pertaining to certain 
additional objects to be included in the aforesaid exhibition. Notice 
is hereby given of the following determinations: I hereby determine 
that a certain additional object being imported from abroad pursuant to 
an agreement with its foreign owner or custodian for temporary display 
in the aforesaid exhibition at the Museum of the Bible, Washington, 
District of Columbia, and at possible additional exhibitions or venues 
yet to be determined, is of cultural significance, and, further, that 
its temporary exhibition or display within the United States as 
aforementioned is in the national interest. I have ordered that Public 
Notice of these determinations be published in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Reed Liriano, Program Coordinator, 
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, 2200 C Street NW (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, Delegation of Authority No. 236-3 
of August 28, 2000, and Delegation of Authority No. 523 of December 22, 
2021.

Nicole L. Elkon,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional and Cultural Exchanges, 
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2023-22357 Filed 10-6-23; 8:45 am]
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