[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 233 (Monday, December 5, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75939-75940]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-31159]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 7707]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Works of Art Coming to the U.S. for Exhibition''

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.

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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, Delegation of Authority No. 236-3 of August 28, 2000 (and, as 
appropriate, Delegation of Authority No. 257 of April 15, 2003), I 
hereby determine that the objects to be included in the exhibition 
``Works of Art Coming to the U.S. for Exhibition,'' imported from 
abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, is of 
cultural significance. The objects are imported pursuant to agreements 
with the foreign owners or custodians. I also determine that the 
exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at The Metropolitan Museum 
of Art, New York, NY, from on or about January 9, 2012, until on or 
about January 9, 2022, and at possible additional exhibitions or venues 
yet to be determined, is in the national interest. I have ordered that 
Public Notice of these Determinations be published in the Federal 
Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, including a 
list of the exhibit objects, contact Julie Simpson, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: (202) 
632-6467). The mailing address is U.S. Department of State, SA-5, L/PD, 
Fifth Floor (Suite 5H03), Washington, DC 20522-0505.

    Dated: November 29, 2011.
J. Adam Ereli,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and 
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2011-31159 Filed 12-2-11; 8:45 am]
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