[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 146 (Wednesday, July 30, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 44831]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-19419]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4427]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition; 
Determinations: ``El Greco''

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, and Delegation of Authority No. 
257 of April 15, 2003 [68 FR 19875], I hereby determine that the 
objects to be included in the exhibition ``El Greco,'' 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 29, 2003 to on or about January 
11, 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, including a 
list of the exhibit objects, contact Carol B. Epstein, Attorney-
Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State, 
(telephone: 202/619-6981). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-
44, 301 4th Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: July 25, 2003.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 03-19419 Filed 7-29-03; 8:45 am]
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