[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 14 (Friday, January 22, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 3856]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01348]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 9423]
Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition
Determinations: ``Cave Temples of Dunhuang: Buddhist Art on China's
Silk Road'' 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.
257-1 of December 11, 2015), I hereby determine that the objects to be
included in the exhibition ``Cave Temples of Dunhuang: Buddhist Art on
China's Silk Road,'' 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 J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California,
from on about May 7, 2016, until on or about September 4, 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: January 19, 2016.
Mark Taplin,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Bureau of Educational and
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2016-01348 Filed 1-21-16; 8:45 am]
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