[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 157 (Monday, August 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 49623]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-20542]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3383]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Byzantine Art''

DEPARTMENT: 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, as amended, I hereby determine that the objects to be 
included in the exhibition ``Byzantine Art'' 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. The loan will be for a period of one 
year, with the potential for renewal annually, beginning on November 
14, 2000 through December 2004. I also determine that the exhibition or 
display of the exhibit objects at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New 
York, NY 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: August 4, 2000.
William B. Bader,
Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 00-20542 Filed 8-11-00; 8:45 am]
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