[Federal Register: October 26, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 206)]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3140]

 
Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Body Art: Marks of Identity''

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], the Foreign Affairs Reform and 
Restructuring Act of 1998 [112 Stat. 2681 et seq.], Delegation of 
Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999 [64 FR 56014], and Delegation of 
Authority of October 19, 1999, I hereby determine that the objects to 
be included in the exhibit, ``Body Art: Marks of Identity,'' imported 
from abroad for the temporary exhibition without profit within the 
United States, are of cultural significance. These objects are imported 
pursuant to loan agreements with the foreign lenders. I also determine 
that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at the American 
Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, from on or about 
November 16, 1999 to on or about May 29, 2000, is in the national 
interest. Public Notice of these determinations is ordered to be 
published in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, including a 
list of exhibit objects, contact Paul W. Manning, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, 202/619-5997, and the address is Room 700, 
United States Department of State, 301 4th Street, SW, Washington, DC 
20547-0001.

    Dated: October 20, 1999.
James D. Whitten,
Executive Director, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, United 
States Department of State.
[FR Doc. 99-27954 Filed 10-25-99; 8:45 am]
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