[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 172 (Friday, September 5, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 52810]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-22636]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4469]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``The Age of Watteau, Chardin, and Fragonard: 
Masterpieces of French Genre Painting''

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 Age of Watteau, Chardin, and 
Fragonard: Masterpieces of French Genre Painting,'' 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 National Gallery of 
Art, Washington, DC, from on or about October 12, 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 Julianne Simpson, Attorney-
Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State, 
(telephone: 202/619-6529). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-
44, 301 4th Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: August 29, 2003.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 03-22636 Filed 9-4-03; 8:45 am]
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