[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 181 (Monday, September 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 56356]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-23904]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3419]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Antioch: The Lost Ancient City''

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 [64 FR 56014], and Delegation of 
Authority No. 236 of October 19, 1999, as amended by Delegation of 
Authority No. 236-3 of August 28, 2000, I hereby determine that the 
objects to be included in the exhibit, ``Antioch: The Lost Ancient 
City,'' imported from abroad for the temporary exhibition without 
profit within the United States, are of cultural significance. These 
objects are imported pursuant to a loan agreement with a foreign 
lender. I also determine that the temporary exhibition or display of 
the exhibit objects at the Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, 
Massachusetts from on or about October 7, 2000, to on or about February 
4, 2001, at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio from on or 
about March 18, 2001, to on or about June 3, 2001, and at the Baltimore 
Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland from on or about September 16, 2001, 
to on or about December 30, 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 Paul W. Manning, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, 202/619-5997, and the address is Room 700, 
United States Department of State, 301 4th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20547-0001.

    Dated: September 11, 2000.
William B. Bader,
Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, United States 
Department of State.
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