[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 15 (Monday, January 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3751-3752]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1640]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3206]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Science Under Sail: Russia's Great Voyages to 
America, 1728-1867''

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 ``Science Under Sail: Russia's 
Great Voyages to America, 1728-1867,'' 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 foreign lenders. I also determine that the exhibition 
or display of the exhibit objects at the Anchorage Museum of History 
and Art, Anchorage, Alaska, from on or about May 4, 2000,

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to on or about October 22, 2000; the California Academy of Sciences, 
San Francisco, California, from early February to early May, 2001; and 
perhaps at other U.S. venues yet to be determined, 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-44; 301-4th 
Street, S.W., Room 700, Washington, D.C. 20547-0001.

    Dated: January 17, 2000.
William B. Bader,
Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. 
Department of State.
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