[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 126 (Tuesday, July 1, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39175-39176]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-16591]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4389]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition; 
Determinations: ``Hudson River School Visions: The Landscapes of 
Sanford R. Gifford''

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 (64 FR 56014), and Delegation of 
Authority No. 236 of October 19, 1999 (64 FR 57920), as amended, I 
hereby determine that the object to be included in the exhibition, 
``Hudson River School Visions: The Landscapes of Sanford R. Gifford,'' 
imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, 
is of cultural significance. The object is imported pursuant to a loan 
agreement with a foreign lender. I also determine that the exhibition 
or display of the exhibit object at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New 
York, New York, from on or about October 7, 2003, to on or about 
February 8, 2004, the Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, from on or 
about May 4, 2004, to on or about May 16, 2004, the National Gallery of 
Art, Washington, DC, from on or about June 27, 2004, to on or about 
September 26, 2004, and at possible additional venues yet to be 
determined, is in the national interest. Public Notice of these

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determinations is ordered to be published in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, including a 
description of the exhibit object, 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: June 23, 2003.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 03-16591 Filed 6-30-03; 8:45 am]
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