[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 143 (Wednesday, July 25, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 38776]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-18569]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3725]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations:''Masterpieces and Master Collectors: Impressionist and 
Early Modern Paintings From the Hermitage and Guggenheim Museums''

Department: 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, I 
hereby determine that the objects to be included in the exhibit 
``Masterpieces and Master Collectors: Impresssionist and Early Modern 
Paintings from the Hermitage and Guggenheim Museums,'' imported from 
abroad for the temporary exhibition without profit within the United 
States, are of cultural significance. These objects will be 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 
Guggenheim Hermitage Museum in Las Vegas, NV, from on or about 
September 16, 2001, to on or about March 17, 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 exhibit objects, contact Julianne Simpson, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202/
619-6529). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-44, 301 4th 
Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: July 19, 2001.
Brian J. Sexton,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional Exchanges, Bureau of 
Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 01-18569 Filed 7-24-01; 8:45 am]
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