[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 12, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 1939]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-740]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3198]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Art in Rome in the Eighteenth Century''

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 ``Art in Rome in the 
Eighteenth Century,'' imported from abroad for the temporary exhibition 
without profit within the United States, are of cultural significance. 
These objects are imported pursuant to loan agreements with foreign 
lenders. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit 
objects at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, from on or about February 
27, 2000 to on or about May 21, 2000; and at the Museum of Fine Arts, 
Houston from on or about June 17, 2000 to on or about September 17, 
2000, is in the national interest. Public Notice of these 
Determinations is ordered to be published in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, including a 
list of exhibit objects, contact Jacqueline H. Caldwell, Attorney-
Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State 
(telephone: 202/619-5078). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-
44; 301-4th Street, S.W., Room 700, Washington, D.C. 20547-0001.

    Dated: January 6, 2000.
William B. Bader,
Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, U.S. Department of State.
[FR Doc. 00-740 Filed 1-11-00; 8:45 am]
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