[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 162 (Monday, August 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 50729]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-21237]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3394]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition; 
Determinations: ``From Renoir to Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musee 
de l'Orangerie''

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 ``From Renoir to Picasso: 
Masterpieces from the Musee de l'Orangerie,'' imported from abroad for 
the temporary exhibition without profit within the United States, are 
of cultural significance. The objects are imported pursuant to a loan 
agreement with the foreign lender. I also determine that the exhibition 
or display of the exhibit objects at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort 
Worth, Texas from on or about November 12, 2000 to on or about February 
25, 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 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: August 11, 2000.
Helena Kane Finn,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 00-21237 Filed 8-18-00; 8:45 am]
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