[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 9 (Friday, January 12, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 1655]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-00402]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 10264]


Notice of Determinations; Culturally Significant Objects Imported 
for Exhibition Determinations: ``Romance and Reason: Islamic 
Transformations of the Classical Past'' Exhibition

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: I 
hereby determine that certain objects to be included in the exhibition 
``Romance and Reason: Islamic Transformations of the Classical Past,'' 
imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, 
are of cultural significance. The objects are imported pursuant to a 
loan agreement with the foreign owner or custodian. I also determine 
that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at the Institute 
for the Study of the Ancient World, New York, New York, from on or 
about February 14, 2018, until on or about May 13, 2018, and at 
possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, is in 
the national interest.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elliot Chiu 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.

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), E.O. 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 have ordered that Public Notice of these 
determinations be published in the Federal Register.

Alyson Grunder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Bureau of Educational and 
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2018-00402 Filed 1-11-18; 8:45 am]
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