[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 186 (Friday, September 25, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 57910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-24460]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 9287]
Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition
Determinations: ``S[omacr]tatsu: Making Waves'' Exhibition
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 ``S[omacr]tatsu: Making Waves,'' 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 Arthur M.
Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, District of
Columbia, from on or about October 24, 2015, until on or about January
31, 2016, 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 CONTACT: 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.
Dated: September 17, 2015.
Kelly Keiderling,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2015-24460 Filed 9-24-15; 8:45 am]
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