[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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