[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15205-15206]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7738]
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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY
Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition
Determination: ``Degas and New Orleans: A French Impressionist in
America''
AGENCY: United States Information Agency.
ACTION: Notice.
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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
(43 FR 13359, March 29, 1978), and Delegation Order No. 85-5 of June
27, 1985 (50 FR 27393, July 2, 1985), I hereby determine that the
objects to be included in the exhibit, ``Degas and New Orleans: A
French Impressionist in America,'' imported from abroad for the
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temporary exhibition without profit within the United States, are of
cultural significance. These objects are imported pursuant to a loan
agreement with the foreign lender. I also determine that the exhibition
or display of the listed objects at The New Orleans Museum of Art, New
Orleans, LA, from on or about May 1, 1999, to on or about August 29,
1999, is in the national interest. Public Notice of these
determinations is ordered to be published in the Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the list of exhibit
objects and for further information, contact Ms. Jacqueline Caldwell,
Assistant General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, 202/619-6982.
The address is Room 700, U.S. Information Agency, 301 4th Street, SW,
Washington, DC 20547-0001.
Dated: March 24, 1999.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 99-7738 Filed 3-29-99; 8:45 am]
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