Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 13252]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6495]


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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations

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 ``Nainsukh: Painter from the 
Punjab Hills,'' imported from abroad for temporary exhibition without 
profit within the United States, is 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 
exhibit objects at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery of Art, Smithsonian 
Institution, Washington, DC, from on or about April 25, 1999, to on or 
about July 18, 1999, is in the national interest. Public Notice of 
these determinations is ordered to be published in the Federal 
Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Neila Sheahan, Assistant General 
Counsel, 202-619-5030, and the address is Room 700, U.S. Information 
Agency, 301 4th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20547-0001.
R. Wallace Stuart,
Deputy General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 99-6495 Filed 3-16-99; 8:45 am]
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