[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 246 (Thursday, December 22, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 94006-94007]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-30818]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 9821]


Notice of Determinations Culturally Significant Objects Imported 
for Exhibition Determinations: ``Wild Noise/Ruido Salvaje: Artworks 
From El Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba'' 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. 2459), E.O. 12047 of March 27, 1978, the 
Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat.

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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 ``Wild Noise/Ruido Salvaje: Artworks from El Museo Nacional 
de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba,'' 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 Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, New 
York, from on or about January 28, 2017, until on or about April 30, 
2017, 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 imported objects, 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.

Mark Taplin,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and 
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2016-30818 Filed 12-21-16; 8:45 am]
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