[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 15, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 13916]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-05155]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 9917]


Notice of Determinations; Culturally Significant Objects Imported 
for Exhibition Determinations: ``Presenting the New Japan: Arts of the 
Meiji Era, 1868-1912'' 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 
``Presenting the New Japan: Arts of the Meiji Era, 1868-1912,'' 
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 Museum of 
Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, from on or about May 13, 
2017, until on or about May 31, 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, 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. 2017-05155 Filed 3-14-17; 8:45 am]
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