[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 15 (Wednesday, January 25, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 8485]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-01596]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 9859]


Notice of Determinations; Culturally Significant Object Imported 
for Exhibition Determinations: ``Visiting Masterpiece: Juan de Mesa's 
St. John the Baptist'' 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. 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. 257-1 of 
December 11, 2015), I hereby determine that the object to be included 
in the exhibition ``Visiting Masterpiece: Juan de Mesa's St. John the 
Baptist,'' 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 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, from on or about 
February 3, 2017, until on or about October 17, 2018, 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 an 
object list, 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.

Alyson Grunder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Bureau of Educational and 
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2017-01596 Filed 1-24-17; 8:45 am]
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