[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 61 (Friday, March 29, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 15273]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-7643]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3965]


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

AGENCY: 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, and Delegation of Authority No. 
236 of October 19, 1999, as amended, I hereby determine that two 
additional objects to be included in the exhibition ``Masterpieces and 
Master Collectors: Impressionist and Early Modern Paintings from the 
Hermitage and Guggenheim Museums,'' imported from abroad for temporary 
exhibition within the United States, are of cultural significance. The 
objects are imported pursuant to a loan agreement with the foreign 
owner. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit 
objects at the Guggenheim Hermitage Museum, Las Vegas, NV, from on or 
about April 9, 2002, to on or about August 12, 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 the 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: March 25, 2002.
Patricia S. Harrison,
Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 02-7643 Filed 3-28-02; 8:45 am]
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