[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 27, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 95264]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-31119]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 9826]


Notice of Determinations; Culturally Significant Objects Imported 
for Exhibition Determinations: ``Gold and Steel: The Deering Family 
Galleries of Medieval and Renaissance Art, Arms, and Armor'' Exhibition

    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. 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 
``Gold and Steel: The Deering Family Galleries of Medieval and 
Renaissance Art, Arms, and Armor,'' imported from abroad for temporary 
exhibition within the United States, are of cultural significance. The 
objects are imported pursuant to loan agreements with the foreign 
owners or custodians. I also determine that the exhibition or display 
of the exhibit objects at The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 
Illinois, from on or about March 20, 2017, until on or about August 30, 
2021, 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. 2016-31119 Filed 12-23-16; 8:45 am]
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