[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 88 (Wednesday, May 7, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 24530]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-11351]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4357]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Crossing the Channel: British and French Painting in 
the Age of Romanticism''

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 ``Crossing the Channel: 
British and French Painting in the Age of Romanticism,'' 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 Minneapolis 
Institute of Arts from on or about June 8, 2003 until on or about 
September 7, 2003, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from on or about 
October 6, 2003 until on or about January 4, 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: April 29, 2003.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 03-11351 Filed 5-6-03; 8:45 am]
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