[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 131 (Friday, July 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 37195]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-17531]


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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Ancient Near Eastern Art''

AGENCY: United States Information Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: 
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 ``Ancient Near Eastern Art,'' 
imported from abroad for temporary exhibition without profit within the 
United States, are of cultural significance. These objects are imported 
pursuant to loan agreements with the foreign lenders. I also determine 
that the exhibition or display of the listed exhibit objects at the 
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, beginning in the fall of 
1999, for approximately three years, is in the national interest. 
Public Notice of these determinations is ordered to be published in the 
Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the list of exhibit 
objects or for further information, contact Lorie Nierenberg, Assistant 
General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, United States 
Information Agency, at 202/619-6084, or USIA, 301 4th Street, SW, Room 
700, Washington, D.C. 20547-0001.

    Dated: July 6, 1999.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 99-17531 Filed 7-8-99; 8:45 am]
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