[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 181 (Monday, September 20, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 56260]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-21078]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4832]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: Eternal Presence: ``Handprints and Footprints in 
Buddhist Art''

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 External Presence: Handprints 
and Footprints in Buddhist Art'' import from abroad for temporary 
exhibition within the United States, are of cultural significance. I 
also determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at 
the Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY from on or about October 17, 
2004 to on or about January 9, 2005, and part at the Honolulu Academy 
of Arts, Honolulu, HI from on or about January 26, 2005 to on or about 
May 29, 2005, and part at the Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY from on 
or about June 14, 2005 to on or about September 4, 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: September 14, 2004.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 04-21078 Filed 9-17-04; 8:45 am]
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