[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 162 (Monday, August 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 50728]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-21457]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3397]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Art Nouveau, 1890-1914''

DEPARTMENT: 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 
objects to be included in the exhibition ``Art Nouveau, 1890-1914,'' 
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 lenders. I also 
determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at the 
National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC from on or about October 8, 
2000 to on or about January 28, 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 17, 2000.
William B. Bader,
Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, United States 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 00-21457 Filed 8-18-00; 10:43 am]
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