[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 143 (Wednesday, July 25, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43644-43645]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-18156]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 7963]
Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition
Determinations: ``Byzantine Art in the Mary and Michael Jaharis
Galleries of Greek, Roman and Byzantine Art''
SUMMARY: 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), 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, as appropriate, Delegation of Authority No.
257 of April 15, 2003), I hereby determine that the objects to be
included in the exhibition ``Byzantine Art in the Mary and Michael
Jaharis Galleries of Greek, Roman and Byzantine Art'' 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 Art Institute
of Chicago, Chicago, IL, from on or about November 10, 2012, until on
or about November 8, 2015, and at possible additional exhibitions or
venues yet to be determined, is in the national interest. I have
ordered that Public
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Notice of these Determinations be published in the Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, including a
list of the exhibit objects, contact Julie Simpson, Attorney-Adviser,
Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202-
632-6467). The mailing address is U.S. Department of State, SA-5, L/PD,
Fifth Floor (Suite 5H03), Washington, DC 20522-0505.
Dated: July 18, 2012.
J. Adam Ereli,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2012-18156 Filed 7-24-12; 8:45 am]
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