[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 78 (Friday, April 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 21495]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-10022]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3275]


Amendment to Culturally Significant Objects Imported for 
Exhibition Determinations: ``Spirits of the Water: Art From Alaska and 
British Columbia''

AGENCY: 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 of 
October 19, 1999, I hereby determine that the objects to be included in 
the exhibition ``Spirits of the Water: Art from Alaska and British 
Columbia,'' imported from abroad for the temporary exhibition without 
profit within the United States, are of cultural significance. These 
objects are in addition to the subject objects of a notice concerning 
this exhibit published under Public Notice 3268, 65 FR 16684 (March 29, 
2000) and are imported pursuant to a loan agreement with Russian 
lenders. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit 
objects at the Menil Collection, Houston, Texas, from on or about May 
5, 2000 to on or about August 13, 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 Carol Epstein, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202/
619-6981). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-44; 301-4th 
Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: April 12, 2000.
William B. Bader,
Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 00-10022 Filed 4-20-00; 8:45 am]
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