[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 238 (Monday, December 14, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66194-66195]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-29717]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6850]


Culturally Significant Object Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Portrait of a Lady''

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

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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 object to be included in the 
exhibition ``Portrait of a Lady,'' imported from abroad for temporary 
exhibition within the United States, is of cultural significance. The 
object is imported pursuant to a loan agreement with the foreign owner 
or custodian. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the 
exhibit object at the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, from on or 
about January 1, 2010, until on or about December 31, 2011, and at 
possible additional exhibitions or 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, U.S. Department of State 
(telephone: 202/632-6473). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-
5, L/PD, Fifth Floor, Washington, DC 20522-0505.

    Dated: December 3, 2009.
Maura M. Pally,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional and Cultural Exchanges, 
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
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