[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 36 (Tuesday, February 24, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 8512]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-4006]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4630]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition; 
Determinations: ``Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya''

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 
objects to be included in the exhibition ``Courtly Art of the Ancient 
Maya,'' imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the United 
States, are of cultural significance. The objects are imported pursuant 
to a loan agreement with the foreign owner. I also determine that the 
exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at the National Gallery of 
Art, Washington, DC from on or about April 4, 2004 to on or about July 
25, 2004, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA from on or about 
September 4, 2004 to on or about January 2, 2005, 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 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: February 17, 2004.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 04-4006 Filed 2-23-04; 8:45 am]
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