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10 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Market Regulation, pursuant to delegated 

authority.10

Margaret H. McFarland, 

Deputy Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4875] 

Culturally Significant Objects Imported 

for Exhibition Determinations: 

‘‘Bacchus’’

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice.

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 (64 FR 56014), 

Delegation of Authority No. 236 of 

October 19, 1999 (64 FR 57920), as 

amended, and Delegation of Authority 

No. 257 of April 15, 2003 (68 FR 19875), 

I hereby determine that the object to be 

included in the exhibition, ‘‘Bacchus,’’

imported from abroad for temporary 

exhibition within the United States, is 

of cultural significance. The object is 

imported pursuant to a loan agreement 

with the foreign lender. I also determine 

that the exhibition or display of the 

exhibit object at the Metropolitan 

Museum of Art, New York, New York, 

from on or about October 28, 2004, to 

on or about January 24, 2005, and at 

possible additional venues yet to be 

determined, is in the national interest. 

Public notice of these determinations is 

ordered to be published in the Federal 

Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, contact Paul W. 

Manning, Attorney-Adviser, Office of 

the Legal Adviser, (202) 619–5997, and 

the address is United States Department 

of State, SA–44, Room 700, 301 4th 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20547–

0001.

Dated: October 13, 2004. 

C. Miller Crouch, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department 

of State.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4874] 

Culturally Significant Objects Imported 

for Exhibition Determinations: ‘‘Iraq 

and China: Ceramics and Innovation’’

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 of October 19, 1999, 

as amended, and Delegation of 

Authority No. 257 of April 15, 2003 (68 

FR 19875), I hereby determine that the 

objects to be included in the exhibition 

‘‘Iraq and China: Ceramics and 

Innovation,’’ 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 owners. I 

also determine that the exhibition or 

display of the exhibit objects at the 

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian 

Institution, Washington, DC, from on or 

about December 4, 2004, to on or about 

April 24, 2005, and at possible 

additional venues yet to be determined, 

is in the national interest. Public notice 

of these determinations is ordered to be 

published in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, including a list of 

the exhibit objects, contact Carol B. 

Epstein, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the 

Legal Adviser, Department of State 

(telephone: (202) 619–6981). The 

address is Department of State, SA–44, 

301 4th Street, SW., Room 700, 

Washington, DC 20547–0001.

Dated: October 12, 2004. 

C. Miller Crouch, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department 

of State.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4876] 

Bureau of Educational and Cultural 

Affairs (ECA) Request for Grant 

Proposals: Study of the United States 

Institute for Foreign Secondary 

Educators 

Announcement Type: New 

Cooperative Agreement. 

Funding Opportunity Number: ECA/

A/E/USS–05–02–SE2. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Number: 19.418. 

Dates: Application Deadline:

December 13, 2004. 

Executive Summary: The Branch for 

the Study of the U.S., Office of 

Academic Exchange Programs, Bureau 

of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 

announces an open competition for 

public and private non-profit 

organizations to develop and implement 

the Study of the United States Institute 

for Foreign Secondary Educators. This 

Institute, for a multinational group of 30 

experienced foreign secondary 

educators (including teacher trainers, 

curriculum developers and education 

ministry officials), is intended to 

provide participants with a deeper 

understanding of American life and 

institutions, past and present, in order 

to strengthen curricula and to improve 

the quality of teaching about the United 

States at secondary schools and teacher 

trainer institutions abroad. The institute 

should be organized around a central 

theme or themes in U.S. civilization and 

should have a strong contemporary 

component. 

The program, which should be six 

weeks in length, will be conducted 

during the Summer of 2005 and must 

include an academic residency segment 

of at least four weeks duration at a U.S. 

college or university campus (or other 

appropriate location) and a study tour 

segment of not more than two weeks 

that should not only directly 

complement but also extend the 

learning process undertaken during the 

academic residency segment. 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Authority: Overall grant making 

authority for this program is contained 

in the Mutual Educational and Cultural 

Exchange Act of 1961, Public Law 87–

256, as amended, also known as the 

Fulbright-Hays Act. The purpose of the 

Act is ‘‘to enable the Government of the 

United States to increase mutual 

understanding between the people of 

the United States and the people of 

other countries * * *; to strengthen the 

ties which unite us with other nations 

by demonstrating the educational and 

cultural interests, developments, and 

achievements of the people of the 

United States and other nations * * * 

and thus to assist in the development of 

friendly, sympathetic and peaceful 

relations between the United States and 

the other countries of the world.’’ The 

funding authority for the program above 

is provided through legislation. 

Purpose: The Bureau is seeking 

detailed proposals for a Study of the