[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 160 (Thursday, August 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 45300]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21536]
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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY
Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition
Determination: ``Kremlin Gold--1000 Years of Russian Gems & Jewels''
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, ``Kremlin Gold--1000 Years of
Russian Gems & Jewels'' imported from abroad for the 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 Houston Museum of Natural Science,
Houston, TX, from on or about April 15, 2000, to on or about September
4, 2000, and the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Chicago,
IL, from on or about October 4, 2000, to on or about January 15, 2001,
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. Neila Sheahan,
Assistant General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, 202/619-5030.
The address is Room 700, U.S. Information Agency, 301 4th Street, SW,
Washington, DC 20547-0001.
Dated: August 11, 1999.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 99-21536 Filed 8-18-99; 8:45 am]
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