[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 144 (Friday, July 26, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45285-45286]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-18017]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 8393]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Egypt's Mysterious Book of the Faiyum''

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

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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, as 
appropriate, Delegation of Authority No. 257 of April 15, 2003), I 
hereby determine that the objects to be included in the exhibition 
``Egypt's Mysterious Book of the Faiyum,'' imported from abroad for 
temporary exhibition within the United States, are of cultural 
significance. The objects are imported pursuant to loan agreements with 
foreign owners or custodians. I also determine that the exhibition or 
display of the exhibit objects at The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, 
MD, from on or about October 6, 2013, until on or about January 5, 
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 Julie Simpson, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202-
632-6467). The mailing address is U.S. Department of State, SA-5, L/PD, 
Fifth Floor (Suite 5H03), Washington, DC 20522-0505.

    Dated: July 22, 2013.
Ann Stock,
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2013-18017 Filed 7-25-13; 8:45 am]
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