[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 200 (Thursday, October 16, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59673-59674]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-26186]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4513]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition; 
Determinations: ``Verrocchio's David Restored: A Renaissance Bronze 
From the National Museum of Bargello, Florence''

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 object 
to be included in the exhibition ``Verrocchio's David Restored: A 
Renaissance Bronze from the National Museum of Bargello, Florence,'' 
imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, 
is of cultural significance. The object is

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imported pursuant to a loan agreement with the foreign owner. I also 
determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit object at the 
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA from on or about November 22, 2003, to 
on or about February 8, 2004, the National Gallery of Art, Washington, 
DC, from on or about February 13, 2004, to on or about March 21, 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 object, contact Carol B. Epstein, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State, (telephone: 202/619-
6981). The address is Department of State, SA-44, 301 4th Street, SW., 
Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: October 8, 2003.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 03-26186 Filed 10-15-03; 8:45 am]
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