[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 10, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 51717]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-25404]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3810]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Earth and Fire: Italian Terracotta and Sculpture from 
Donatello to Canova''

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, and Delegation of Authority No. 
236 of October 19, 1999, as amended, I hereby determine that the 
objects to be included in the exhibition ``Earth and Fire: Italian 
Terracotta and Sculpture from Donatello to Canova,'' imported from 
abroad for the temporary exhibition within the United States, are of 
cultural significance. The objects are imported pursuant to loan 
agreements with the foreign lenders. I also determine that the 
exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at The Museum of Fine 
Arts, Houston, Texas, from on or about November 18, 2001 to on or about 
February 3, 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 David S. Newman, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State, (telephone: 202/
619-6982). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-44, 301 4th 
Street, S.W., Room 700, Washington, D.C. 20547-0001.

    Dated: September 28, 2001.
Helena Kane Finn,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, United 
States Department of State.
[FR Doc. 01-25404 Filed 10-9-01; 8:45 am]
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