[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 24 (Monday, February 5, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 5158]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-02188]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 10297]


Notice of Determinations; Culturally Significant Objects Imported 
for Exhibition Determinations: ``Peacock in the Desert: The Royal Arts 
of Jodhpur, India'' Exhibition

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: I 
hereby determine that certain objects to be included in the exhibition 
``Peacock in the Desert: The Royal Arts of Jodhpur, India,'' 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 Museum of Fine 
Arts, Houston, in Houston, Texas, from on or about March 4, 2018, until 
on or about August 12, 2018, at the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, 
Washington, from on or about October 11, 2018, until on or about 
January 13, 2019, and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet 
to be determined, is in the national interest.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elliot Chiu 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The foregoing determinations were made 
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 have ordered that Public Notice of these 
determinations be published in the Federal Register.

Alyson Grunder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Bureau of Educational and 
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2018-02188 Filed 2-2-18; 8:45 am]
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