[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 19, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 48308]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-23337]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3784]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition; 
Determinations: ``William Beckford, 1760-1844: An Eye for the 
Magnificent''

DEPARTMENT: 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 
``William Beckford, 1760-1844: An Eye for the Magnificent,'' imported 
from abroad for the temporary exhibition without profit within the 
United States, are of cultural significance. These objects will be 
imported pursuant to loan agreements with foreign lenders. I also 
determine that the temporary exhibition or display of the exhibit 
objects at The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, 
of New York, NY, from on or about October 16, 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 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: September 13, 2001.
Helena Kane Finn,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 01-23337 Filed 9-18-01; 8:45 am]
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