[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 239 (Friday, December 12, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 69429]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-30788]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4555]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Byzantium: Faith and Power (1261-1557)''

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 ``Byzantium: Faith and Power (1261-1557),'' 
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, New York, NY, from on or about March 15, 2004, to on or about 
July 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. Additionally, notice 
is hereby given that one object for which determinations were 
previously made, and published in the Federal Register on July 30, 
2003, are included in this exhibition.

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: December 8, 2003.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 03-30788 Filed 12-11-03; 8:45 am]
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