65782 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 245 / Friday, December 21, 2018 / Notices 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 10637] 

Notice of Determinations; Culturally 

Significant Objects Imported for 

Exhibition—Determinations: 

‘‘Tintoretto: Artist of Renaissance 

Venice’’ Exhibition 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: I hereby 

determine that certain objects to be 

included in the exhibition ‘‘Tintoretto: 

Artist of Renaissance Venice,’’ 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 National 

Gallery of Art, Washington, District of 

Columbia, from on or about March 10, 

2019, until on or about July 7, 2019, 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: 

Elliot Chiu, Attorney-Adviser, Office of 

the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of 

State (telephone: 202–632–6471; email: 

section2459@state.gov). 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), E.O. 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. 

236–21 of December 14, 2018. 

Jennifer Z. Galt, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department 

of State. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 10635] 

Secretary of State’s Determination 

Under the International Religious 

Freedom Act of 1998 and Frank R. Wolf 

International Religious Freedom Act of 

2016 

The Secretary of State’s designation of 

‘‘countries of particular concern’’ and 

‘‘special watch list’’ countries for 

religious freedom violations pursuant to 

Section 408(a) of the International 

Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (Pub. L. 

105–292), as amended (the Act). Notice 

is hereby given that, on November 28, 

2018, the Secretary of State, under 

authority delegated by the President, 

designated each of the following as a 

‘‘country of particular concern’’ (CPC) 

under section 402(b) of the Act, for 

having engaged in or tolerated 

particularly severe violations of 

religious freedom: Burma, China, 

Eritrea, Iran, the Democratic People’s 

Republic of Korea, Pakistan, Saudi 

Arabia, Sudan, Tajikistan, 

Turkmenistan. The Secretary 

simultaneously designated the following 

Presidential Actions for these CPCs: 

For Burma, the existing ongoing 

restrictions referenced in 22 CFR 126.1, 

pursuant to section 402(c)(5) of the Act; 

For China, the existing ongoing 

restriction on exports to China of crime 

control and detection instruments and 

equipment, under the Foreign Relations 

Authorization Act of 1990 and 1991 

(Pub. L. 101–246), pursuant to section 

402(c)(5) of the Act; 

For Eritrea, the existing ongoing 

restrictions referenced in 22 CFR 126.1, 

pursuant to section 402(c)(5) of the Act; 

For Iran, the existing ongoing travel 

restrictions in section 221(c) of the Iran 

Threat Reduction and Syria Human 

Rights Act of 2012 (TRA) for individuals 

identified under section 221(a)(1)(C) of 

the TRA in connection with the 

commission of serious human rights 

abuses, pursuant to section 402(c)(5) of 

the Act; 

For the Democratic People’s Republic 

of Korea, the existing ongoing 

restrictions to which the Democratic 

People’s Republic of Korea is subject, 

pursuant to sections 402 and 409 of the 

Trade Act of 1974 (the Jackson-Vanik 

Amendment), pursuant to section 

402(c)(5) of the Act; 

For Pakistan, a waiver as required in 

the ‘‘important national interest of the 

United States,’’ pursuant to section 407 

of the Act; 

For Saudi Arabia, a waiver as required 

in the ‘‘important national interest of 

the United States,’’ pursuant to section 

407 of the Act; 

For Sudan, the restriction in the 

annual Department of State, Foreign 

Operations, and Related Programs 

Appropriations Act on making certain 

appropriated funds available for 

assistance to the Government of Sudan, 

currently set forth in section 7042(i) of 

the Department of State, Foreign 

Operations, and Related Programs 

Appropriations Act, 2018 (Div. K, Pub. 

L. 115–141), and any provision of law 

that is the same or substantially the 

same as this provision, pursuant to 

section 402(c)(5) of the Act; 

For Tajikistan, a waiver as required in 

the ‘‘important national interest of the 

United States,’’ pursuant to section 407 

of the Act; 

For Turkmenistan, a waiver as 

required in the ‘‘important national 

interest of the United States,’’ pursuant 

to section 407 of the Act; and 

In addition, the Secretary of State has 

designated the following countries as 

‘‘special watch list’’ countries for 

engaging in or tolerating severe 

violations of religious freedom: 

Comoros, Russia, and Uzbekistan. 

The Secretary of State’s designation of 

‘‘entities of particular concern’’ for 

religious freedom, pursuant to Section 

408(a) of the International Religious 

Freedom Act of 1998 (Pub. L. 105–292). 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

November 28, 2018, the Secretary of 

State, under authority delegated by the 

President, designated each of the 

following as an entity of particular 

concern’’ under section 301 of the Frank 

R. Wolf International Religious Freedom 

Act of 2016 (Pub. L. 114–281), for 

having engaged in particularly severe 

violations of religious freedom: al-Nusra 

Front, al-Qa’ida in the Arabian 

Peninsula, al-Qa’ida, al-Shabab, Boko 

Haram, the Houthis, ISIS, ISISKhorasan, and the Taliban. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Howard Chyung, Office of International 

Religious Freedom, Bureau of 

Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, 

U.S. Department of State, (Phone: (202) 

647–3865 or Email: ChyungHH@

state.gov). 

Daniel L. Nadel, 

Director, Office of International Religious 

Freedom, Department of State. 

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