[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 244 (Tuesday, December 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71534-71535]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33060]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3180]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Walker Evans''

DEPARTMENT: United States Department of State.

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), the Foreign Affairs Reform and 
Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2681, et seq.), Delegation of 
Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999, and Delegation of Authority No. 
236 of October 19, 1999, as amended, I hereby determine that the 
objects to be included in the exhibition ``Walker Evans,'' 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 lender. I also determine 
that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at The 
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, from on or about 
January 31, 2000, to on or about May 14, 2000; the San Francisco Museum 
of Modern Art, San Francisco, California, from on or about June 2, 
2000, to on or about September 12, 2000, and at the Museum of Fine 
Arts, Houston, Texas, from on or about December 17, 2000, to on or 
about March 11, 2001, is in the national interest.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, including a 
list of exhibit objects, contact Lorie J. Nierenberg, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202/
619-6084). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-

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44; 301-4th Street, SW, Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: December 15, 1999.
William B. Bader,
Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 99-33060 Filed 12-20-99; 8:45 am]
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