[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 41 (Tuesday, March 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 10426]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5442]


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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY


Culturally Significant Objects Imported For Exhibition; 
Determinations

    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, ``Degas at the Races'' (See list\1\), imported 
from aboard 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 exhibition or display of the listed exhibit objects at The 
National Gallery of Art from on or about April 12, 1998, through July 
12, 1998, is in the national interest. Public Notice of these 
determinations is ordered to be published in the Federal Register.

    \1\ A copy of this list may be obtained by contacting Ms. Carol 
Epstein, Assistant General Counsel, at 202/619-6981, and the address 
is Room 700, U.S. Information Agency, 301 4th Street, S.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20547-0001
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    Dated: February 25, 1998.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 98-5442 Filed 3-2-98; 8:45 am]
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