[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 143 (Tuesday, July 25, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 45814]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18782]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3369]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Silver in Ancient Peru''

AGENCY: 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 object 
to be included in the exhibition ``Silver in Ancient Peru,'' imported 
from abroad for the temporary exhibition without profit within the 
United States, is of cultural significance. The object is imported 
pursuant to a loan agreement with the foreign lender. I also determine 
that the exhibition or display of the exhibit object at the 
Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York from on or about November 3, 
2000 to on or about April 22, 2001, 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 the exhibit object, contact Paul Manning, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202/
619-5997). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-44, 301 4th 
Street, S.W., Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: July 18, 2000.
Helena Kane Finn,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 00-18782 Filed 7-24-00; 8:45 am]
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