78 FR 250 pg. 79560 - Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “Khirbet el-Maqatir: History of a Biblical Site”
Type: NOTICEVolume: 78Number: 250Page: 79560
Page: 79560Docket number: [Public Notice 8579]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2013-31064 Filed 12-27-13; 8:45 am]
Agency: State Department
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 8579]
Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: "Khirbet el-Maqatir: History of a Biblical Site"
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, I hereby determine that the objects to be included in the exhibition, "Khirbet el-Maqatir: History of a Biblical Site," 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 Dunham Bible Museum, Houston Baptist University, Houston, Texas, from on or about January 21, 2014, until on or about December 19, 2014, 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 exhibit objects, 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: December 20, 2013.
Evan Ryan,
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2013-31064 Filed 12-27-13; 8:45 am]
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