[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 18 (Friday, January 26, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 7950]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-2409]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3560]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Rembrandt's Portrait of an Elderly Woman''

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 [64 FR 57920], as amended by 
Delegation of Authority No. 236-3 of August 28, 2000 [65 FR 53795], I 
hereby determine that the object to be included in the exhibit, 
``Rembrandt's Portrait of an Elderly Woman,'' imported from abroad for 
the temporary exhibition without profit within the United States, is of 
cultural significance. The object is imported pursuant to a loan 
agreement with a foreign lender. I also determine that the temporary 
exhibition or display of the object at the Museum of Fine Arts, 
Houston, Texas, from on or about February 1, 2001, to on or about 
August 31, 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 object, 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: January 17, 2001.
Helena Kane Finn,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 01-2409 Filed 1-25-01; 8:45 am]
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