[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 176 (Wednesday, September 11, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 55772]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-22090]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 8463]


Culturally Significant Object Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Beauty Revealed: Images of Women in Qing Dynasty 
Chinese Painting''

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, 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 object to be 
included in the exhibition ``Beauty Revealed: Images of Women in Qing 
Dynasty Chinese Painting,'' 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 Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, 
Berkeley, California, from on or about September 25, 2013, until on or 
about December 22, 2013, 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 
description of the exhibit object, contact Paul W. Manning, Attorney-
Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State 
(telephone: 202-632-6469). The mailing address is U.S. Department of 
State, SA-5, L/PD, Fifth Floor (Suite 5H03), Washington, DC 20522-0505.

    Dated: September 3, 2013.
Lee Satterfield,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional and Cultural Exchanges, 
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2013-22090 Filed 9-10-13; 8:45 am]
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