[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 128 (Monday, July 3, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41122-41123]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-16768]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3353]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Queen Victoria and Thomas Sully''

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

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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 ``Queen Victoria and Thomas Sully,`` 
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 
Metropolitan Museum, New York, NY from September 18 to December 31, 
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 Caldwell, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202/
619-6982). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-44; 301-4th 
Street, SW, Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: June 19, 2000.
William B. Bader,
Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 00-16768 Filed 6-30-00; 8:45 am]
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