[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 172 (Tuesday, September 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 53794]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-22661]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3405]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Taoism And the Arts of China''

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 ``Taoism And the Arts of 
China,'' 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 Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois from on or 
about November 2, 2000 to on or about January 7, 2001, and at the Asian 
Art Museum in San Francisco, California from on or about February 21, 
2001 to on or about May 12, 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, S.W., Room 700, Washington, D.C. 20547-0001.

    Dated: August 30, 2000.
Helena Kane Finn,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, United 
States Department of State.
[FR Doc. 00-22661 Filed 9-1-00; 8:45 am]
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