[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 46 (Monday, March 10, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 11443]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-5610]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4294]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Transmitting the Forms of Divinity: Early Buddhist 
Art From Korea and Japan''

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 ``Transmitting the Forms of 
Divinity: Early Buddhist Art from Korea and Japan,'' imported from 
abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, are of 
cultural significance. The objects are imported pursuant to loan 
agreements with the foreign owners. I also determine that the 
exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at the Japan Society 
Gallery from on or about April 7, 2003 until June 22, 2003, 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 the 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, SW., Room 700, 
Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: February 28, 2003.
Patricia S. Harrison,
Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 03-5610 Filed 3-7-03; 8:45 am]
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