[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 93 (Thursday, May 13, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26630-26631]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-10886]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4715]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Constantin Brancusi: The Essence of Things''

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 [64 FR 56014], Delegation of 
Authority No. 236 of October 19, 1999 [64 FR 57920], 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, 
``Constantin Brancusi: The Essence of Things,'' imported from abroad 
for temporary exhibition within the United States, are of cultural 
significance. The objects are imported pursuant to loan agreements with 
foreign lenders. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the 
exhibit objects at the Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York, from on 
or about June 10, 2004, to on or about September 19, 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 or a list of 
exhibit objects, contact Paul W. Manning,

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Attorney-Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, (202) 619-5997, and the 
address is United States Department of State, SA-44, Room 700, 301 4th 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: May 5, 2004.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 04-10886 Filed 5-12-04; 8:45 am]
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