Notice2025-18389
Designation Pursuant to the Foreign Missions Act
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Published
September 23, 2025
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State Department
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 182 (Tuesday, September 23, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45887-45888]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-18389]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice:12834; No. 2025-06]
Designation Pursuant to the Foreign Missions Act
Pursuant to the authority vested in the U.S. Secretary of State by
the laws of the United States, including under the Foreign Missions
Act, 22 U.S.C. 4301, et seq. (``the Act''), and delegated pursuant to
U.S. Department of State Delegation of Authority No. 214, dated
September 20, 1994, and after due consideration of the benefits,
privileges, and immunities provided to the missions of the United
States abroad, as well as matters related to the protection of the
interests of the United States, I hereby designate the acquisition by
any means of luxury goods, as specified below, as a benefit, as defined
in 22 U.S.C. 4302(a)(1), for purposes of the Act.
For purposes of this designation, a luxury good is defined as any
of the following items that, unless otherwise specified, are valued
over 1,000 USD, before tax, per item: watches (including wristwatches,
pocket-watches, and other watches); leather apparel and clothing
accessories; silk apparel and clothing accessories; footwear; fur skins
and artificial furs; handbags; wallets; fountain pens; cosmetics;
perfumes and toilet waters; works of art (including paintings, original
sculptures, and statuary); antiques (more than 100 years old); carpets,
rugs, or tapestries; pearls, gems, and precious and semi-precious
stones; jewelry with pearls, gems, or precious or semi-precious stones;
jewelry of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal;
electronic items and appliances; recreational sports articles and
equipment; musical instruments; cigarettes and cigars; wine, spirits,
beer, and spirituous beverages; and personal automobiles and other
personal motor vehicles valued over 60,000 USD, before tax.
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Dated: September 16, 2025.
Clifton C. Seagroves,
Acting Director Office of Foreign Missions, U.S. Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2025-18389 Filed 9-22-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4711-07-P
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