[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 172 (Tuesday, September 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53793-53794]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-22660]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3404]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Rembrandt Creates Rembrandt: Art and Ambition in 
Leiden, 1629-1631''

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 
objects to be included in the exhibition ``Rembrandt Creates Rembrandt: 
Art and Ambition in Leiden, 1629-1631'' imported from abroad for the 
temporary exhibition without profit within the United States, is of 
cultural significance. The objects are imported pursuant to loan 
agreements with the foreign lenders. I also determine that the 
exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at the Isabella Stewart 
Gardner Museum, Boston, Massachusetts, from on or about September 23, 
2000 to on or about January 7, 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 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, S.W., Room 700, Washington, D.C. 20547-0001.


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    Dated: August 30, 2000.
Helena Kane Finn,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, United 
States Department of State.
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