[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 145 (Thursday, July 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 46191]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-19015]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3373]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition; 
Determinations: ``The Golden Deer of Eurasia: Scythian and Sarmatian 
Treasures from the Russian Steppes''

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 No. 
236 of October 19, 1999, as amended, I hereby determine that the 
objects to be included in the exhibition ``The Golden Deer of Eurasia: 
Scythian and Sarmatian Treasures from the Russian Steppes,'' 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 of Art, New York, NY from on or about October 10, 2000 to on or 
about February 4, 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 exhibit objects, 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, D.C. 20547-0001.

    Dated: July 20, 2000.
Helena Kane Finn,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 00-19015 Filed 7-27-00; 8:45 am]
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