[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 153 (Friday, August 8, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47377-47378]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-20311]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4437]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``The Dawn of Photography: French Daguerreotypes, 1839-
1855''

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, 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 ``The Dawn of Photography: French 
Daguerreotypes, 1839-1855,'' 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 Metropolitan Museum of Art from on or about September 
22, 2003 until on or about January 4, 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 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: July 31, 2003.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
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