[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 22 (Friday, February 1, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5031-5032]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-2547]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3902]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Tapestry in the Renaissance: Art and Magnificence''

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], Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 
1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 [112 
Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, 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 exhibition, 
``Tapestry in the Renaissance: Art and Magnificence,'' imported from 
abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, are of 
cultural significance. These 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 Metropolitan Museum 
of Art, New York, New York, from on or about March 11, 2002, to on or 
about June 19, 2002, and at possible additional venues yet to be 
determined, 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 Paul W. Manning, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, 202/619-5997, and the address is United 
States Department of State, SA-44, Room 700, 301 4th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: January 17, 2002.
Brian J. Sexton,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 02-2547 Filed 1-31-02; 8:45 am]
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