[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 246 (Tuesday, December 23, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74281-74282]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-31584]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4567]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Return of the Buddha: The Qingzhou Discoveries''

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 ``Return of the Buddha: The Qingzhou 
Discoveries,'' 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 Arthur M. 
Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, from on or about March 20, 
2004 until on or about August 8, 2004, and at possible additional 
venues yet to be determined, is in the national interest. Public Notice 
of these

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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 Damir Arnaut, 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: December 11, 2003.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 03-31584 Filed 12-22-03; 8:45 am]
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