[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 177 (Friday, September 12, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 53775]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-23284]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4481]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``The Raphael, Cellini and a Renaissance Banker: The 
Patronage of Bindo Altoviti''

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 Raphael, Cellini and a Renaissance 
Banker: The Patronage of Bindo Altoviti,'' 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 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA, 
from on or about October 7, 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: September 5, 2003.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 03-23284 Filed 9-11-03; 8:45 am]
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