[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 23 (Friday, February 2, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 3964]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-2301]



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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition; 
Determination

    Notice is hereby given of the following determination: 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 (43 FR 
13359, March 29, 1978), and Delegation Order No. 85-5 of June 27, 1985 
(50 FR 27393, July 2, 1985), I hereby determine that the objects to be 
included in the exhibit, ``Sacred Realm: The Emergence of the Synagogue 
in the Ancient World'' (see list), \1\ imported from abroad for the 
temporary exhibition without profit within the United States, are of 
cultural significance. These objects are imported pursuant to a loan 
agreement with the foreign lenders. I also determine that the temporary 
exhibition or display of the listed objects at Yeshiva University 
Museum, New York, New York, from on or about February 18, 1996, to on 
or about February 28, 1997, is in the national interest.

    \1\ A copy of this list may be obtained by contacting Mr. Paul 
W. Manning of the Office of the General Counsel of USIA. The 
telephone number is 202/619-5997, and the address is Room 700, 
United States Information Agency, 301 4th Street, SW, Washington, DC 
20547.
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    Public notice of this determination is ordered to be published in 
the Federal Register.

    Dated: January 30, 1996.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 96-2301 Filed 2-1-96; 8:45 am]
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