[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 182 (Thursday, September 21, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 65224]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-20418]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 12184]


Notice of Determinations; Additional Culturally Significant 
Objects Being Imported for Exhibition--Determinations: ``Africa & 
Byzantium'' Exhibition

SUMMARY: On August 28, 2023, notice was published on page 58631 of the 
Federal Register (volume 88, number 165) of determinations pertaining 
to certain objects to be included in an exhibition entitled ``Africa & 
Byzantium.'' Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: I 
hereby determine that certain additional objects being imported from 
abroad pursuant to agreements with their foreign owners or custodians 
for temporary display in the aforesaid exhibition at The Metropolitan 
Museum of Art, New York, New York; the Cleveland Museum of Art, 
Cleveland, Ohio; and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet 
to be determined, are of cultural significance, and, further, that 
their temporary exhibition or display within the United States as 
aforementioned is in the national interest. I have ordered that Public 
Notice of these determinations be published in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Reed Liriano, Program Coordinator, 
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, 2200 C Street NW (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), Executive Order 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 Delegation of Authority No. 523 of December 22, 
2021.

Nicole L. Elkon,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional and Cultural Exchanges, 
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2023-20418 Filed 9-20-23; 8:45 am]
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