[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 51 (Friday, March 17, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 14274]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-05314]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 9921]


Notice of Determinations; Culturally Significant Objects Imported 
for Exhibition Determinations: ``Inventing Utamaro: A Japanese 
Masterpiece Rediscovered'' 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. 257-1 of December 11, 2015), I 
hereby determine that the objects to be included in the exhibition 
``Inventing Utamaro: A Japanese Masterpiece Rediscovered,'' 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 Arthur M. 
Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, District of 
Columbia, from on or about April 8, 2017, until on or about July 9, 
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, 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.

Alyson Grunder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Bureau of Educational and 
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2017-05314 Filed 3-16-17; 8:45 am]
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