[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 173 (Friday, September 6, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 57054]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-22740]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4117]


Culturally Significant Object Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Galleries for Nineteenth Century European Paintings''

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 the 
objects to be included in the exhibition ``Galleries for Nineteenth 
Century European Paintings,'' 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 
owners. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit 
objects at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY from on or 
about September 21, 2002 to on or about May 2003, and then at the Art 
Institute of Chicago from on or about June 16, 2004 until on or about 
September 19, 2004, 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, contact Orde 
F. Kittrie, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department 
of State, (telephone: 202/401-4779). The address is Department of 
State, SA-44, 301 4th Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: August 26, 2002.
Miller Crouch,
Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs (Acting), 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 02-22740 Filed 9-5-02; 8:45 am]
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