Department of State January 2025 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Notice of Determinations; Culturally Significant Objects Being Imported for Exhibition-Determinations: “Modern Art and Politics in Germany, 1910-1945: Masterworks From the Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin” Exhibition
Document Number: 2025-01983
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-31
Agency: Department of State
Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: I hereby determine that certain objects being imported from abroad pursuant to an agreement with their foreign owner or custodian for temporary display in the exhibition "Modern Art and Politics in Germany, 1910-1945: Masterworks from the Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin" at the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas; the Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico; and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, are of cultural significance, and, further, that their 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.
Notice of Determinations; Culturally Significant Objects Being Imported for Exhibition-Determinations: “Monstrous Beauty: A Feminist Revision of Chinoiserie” Exhibition
Document Number: 2025-01452
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-22
Agency: Department of State
Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: I hereby determine that certain objects being imported from abroad pursuant to agreements with their foreign owners or custodians for temporary display in the exhibition "Monstrous Beauty: A Feminist Revision of Chinoiserie" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, are of cultural significance, and, further, that their 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.
Notice of Determinations; Culturally Significant Objects Being Imported for Exhibition-Determinations: “Sargent and Paris” Exhibition
Document Number: 2025-01451
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-22
Agency: Department of State
Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: I hereby determine that certain objects being imported from abroad pursuant to agreements with their foreign owners or custodians for temporary display in the exhibition "Sargent and Paris" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, are of cultural significance, and, further, that their 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.
Notice of Determinations; Culturally Significant Object Being Imported for Exhibition-Determinations: Exhibition of “The Swan, The SUW Series, Group IX: Part I, No. 12” Painting by Hilma af Klint
Document Number: 2025-01450
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-22
Agency: Department of State
Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: I hereby determine that a certain object being imported from abroad pursuant to an agreement with its foreign owner or custodian for temporary exhibition within the Collection Galleries: 1880s-1940s of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, 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.
Notice of Determinations; Culturally Significant Objects Being Imported for Exhibition-Determinations: “The Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt” Exhibition
Document Number: 2025-01449
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-22
Agency: Department of State
Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: I hereby determine that certain objects being imported from abroad pursuant to agreements with their foreign owners or custodians for temporary display in the exhibition "The Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt" at The Jewish Museum, New York, New York; the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina; the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, Massachusetts; and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, are of cultural significance, and, further, that their 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.
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Overseas Vetting Questionnaire
Document Number: 2025-01447
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-22
Agency: Department of State
The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are requesting comments on this collection from all interested individuals and organizations. The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 days for public comment preceding submission of the collection to OMB.
Notice of Determinations; Culturally Significant Objects Being Imported for Exhibition-Determinations: “Van Gogh: The Roulin Family Portraits” Exhibition
Document Number: 2025-01309
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-21
Agency: Department of State
Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: I hereby determine that certain objects being imported from abroad pursuant to agreements with their foreign owners or custodians for temporary display in the exhibition "Van Gogh: The Roulin Family Portraits" at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in Boston, Massachusetts, and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, are of cultural significance, and, further, that their 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.
Notice of Determinations; Culturally Significant Objects Being Imported for Exhibition-Determinations: “Hilma af Klint: What Stands Behind the Flowers” Exhibition
Document Number: 2025-01301
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-21
Agency: Department of State
Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: I hereby determine that certain objects being imported from abroad pursuant to agreements with their foreign owners or custodians for temporary display in the exhibition "Hilma af Klint: What Stands Behind the Flowers" at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, are of cultural significance, and, further, that their 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.
Delegation of Authority-Authorities of the Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights
Document Number: 2025-00679
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-15
Agency: Department of State
The State Department is publishing a Delegation of Authority signed by the Secretary of State on December 20, 2024.
Delegation of Authority-Authorities of the Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment
Document Number: 2025-00678
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-15
Agency: Department of State
The State Department is publishing a Delegation of Authority signed by the Secretary of State on December 20, 2024.
Notice of Determinations; Culturally Significant Objects Being Re-Imported or Imported for Exhibition-Determinations: “Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction” Exhibition
Document Number: 2025-00445
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-13
Agency: Department of State
On July 12, 2023, notice was published in the Federal Register of determinations pertaining to certain objects to be included in an exhibition entitled "Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction." Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: I hereby determine that certain of those objects being re-imported from abroad, and certain additional objects being imported from abroad, pursuant to agreements with their foreign owners or custodians for temporary display in the aforesaid exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, are of cultural significance, and, further, that their 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.
Department of State 2025 Civil Monetary Penalties Inflationary Adjustment
Document Number: 2025-00361
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-01-10
Agency: Department of State
This final rule is issued to adjust the civil monetary penalties (CMP) for regulatory provisions maintained and enforced by the Department of State. The revised CMP adjusts the amount of civil monetary penalties assessed by the Department of State based on the December 2024 guidance from the Office of Management and Budget and by recent legislation. For penalties adjusted according to the December 2024 guidance, the new amounts will apply only to those penalties assessed on or after the effective date of this rule, regardless of the date on which the underlying facts or violations occurred.
Department of State Acquisition Regulation: Nondiscrimination in Foreign Assistance; Withdrawal of Two NPRMs
Document Number: 2025-00202
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2025-01-08
Agency: Department of State
The Department of State (the Department) hereby withdraws two notices of proposed rulemaking (NPRMs) that proposed specific contract and grant terms that would have prohibited the discriminatory use of Department foreign assistance funds on specified grounds.
2026 United States' Host Year of the G20
Document Number: 2025-00018
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-07
Agency: Department of State
The Office of the Chief of Protocol at the Department of State invites U.S. cities to present proposals to host a series of meetings for the U.S. G20 2026 host year.
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