[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 179 (Thursday, September 16, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55866-55867]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-20894]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4830]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Great Expectations: John Singer Sargent Painting 
Children''

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: 
Pursuant to

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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, ``Great Expectations: John 
Singer Sargent Painting Children,'' 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 
lender. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit 
objects at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York, from on or 
about October 8, 2004, to on or about January 16, 2005, the Chrysler 
Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, from on or about February 25, 2005, 
to on or about May 22, 2005, the Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, 
from on or about June 18, 2005, to on or about September 11, 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 or a list of 
exhibit objects, contact Paul W. Manning, 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: September 7, 2004.
 C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 04-20894 Filed 9-15-04; 8:45 am]
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