[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 174 (Thursday, September 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62239-62240]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-21635]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 9705]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Keir Collection of Art of the Islamic World'' 
Exhibitions

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 objects to be included 
in multiple exhibitions of the Keir Collection of Art of the Islamic 
World, 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 owner or custodian. I also 
determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at the 
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas, and at possible additional 
exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, from on or

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about April 17, 2017, until on or about September 19, 2021, 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 objects covered under this notice, contact the Office of 
Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs in the Office of the Legal Adviser, 
U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202-632-6471; email: 
[email protected]). The mailing address is U.S. Department of 
State, L/PD, SA-5, Suite 5H03, Washington, DC 20522-0505.

    Dated: August 30, 2016.
Mark Taplin,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and 
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
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