80 FR 2 pgs. 274-275 - Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “Buddhist Art of Myanmar” Exhibition

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Type: NOTICEVolume: 80Number: 2Pages: 274 - 275

Docket number: [Public Notice 8992]

FR document: [FR Doc. 2014-30851 Filed 1-2-15; 8:45 am]

Agency: State Department

Official PDF Version: PDF Version

Pages: 274, 275

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 8992]

Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: "Buddhist Art of Myanmar" Exhibition

SUMMARY:

[top] 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, 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 of April 15, 2003), I hereby determine that the objects to be included in the exhibition "Buddhist Art of Myanmar," imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, are of cultural significance. The objects are imported pursuant to loan agreements with the foreign owners or custodians. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at the Asia Society Museum, New York, New York, from on or about February 10, 2015, until on or about May 10, 2015, and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, is in the national interest. I have ordered that Public Notice of these Determinations be published in the Federal Register .

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For further information, including lists of the exhibit objects, contact Julie Simpson, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202-632-6467). The mailing address is U.S. Department of State, SA-5, L/PD, Fifth Floor (Suite 5H03), Washington, DC 20522-0505.

Dated: December 19, 2014.

Kelly Keiderling,

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State.

[FR Doc. 2014-30851 Filed 1-2-15; 8:45 am]

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