[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 192 (Tuesday, October 3, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 59043]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-25371]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3426]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``European Masterpieces: Six Centuries of Paintings 
From the National Gallery of Victoria, Australia''

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 ``European Masterpieces: Six 
Centuries of Paintings from the National Gallery of Victoria, 
Australia,'' 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 Cincinnati Art Museum, in Cincinnati, Ohio from on or 
about October 27, 2000 to on or about January 14, 2001, the Kimbell Art 
Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, from on or about March 18, 2001 to on or 
about May 26, 2001, the Denver Art Museum in Denver, Colorado from on 
or about June 23, 2001 to on or about September 9, 2001 and the 
Portland Art Museum in Portland, Oregon to on or about October 6, 2001 
to on or about January 6, 2002 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: September 27, 2000.
William B. Bader,
Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 00-25371 Filed 10-2-00; 8:45 am]
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