[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 141 (Friday, July 22, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 47848]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-17395]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 9648]
Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition
Determinations: ``Every People Under Heaven: Jerusalem, 1000-1400''
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 ``Every People Under Heaven: Jerusalem,
1000-1400,'' 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 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, from on about
September 20, 2016, until on or about January 8, 2017, 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: July 14, 2016.
Mark Taplin,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Bureau of Educational and
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2016-17395 Filed 7-21-16; 8:45 am]
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