[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 90 (Thursday, May 11, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 22048]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-09549]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 9991]


Notice of Determinations;

    Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Lines of Thought: Drawing From Michelangelo to Now: 
From the British Museum'' 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 certain objects to be included in the exhibition 
``Lines of Thought: Drawing from Michelangelo to Now: from the British 
Museum,'' 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 owner or custodian. I also 
determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at the 
New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, from on or about May 
27, 2017, until on or about September 17, 2017, at the Museum of Art, 
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, from on or 
about October 5, 2017, until on or about January 7, 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.

Alyson Grunder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Bureau of Educational and 
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2017-09549 Filed 5-10-17; 8:45 am]
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