Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: "Court and Cosmos: The Great Age of the Seljuqs'' Exhibition

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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 64 (Monday, April 4, 2016)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 9507]

Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition
Determinations:  "Court and Cosmos: The Great Age of the Seljuqs''
Exhibition

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), E.O. 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. 257-1 of
December 11, 2015), I hereby determine that the objects to be included
in the exhibition "Court and Cosmos: The Great Age of the Seljuqs,''
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 Metropolitan
Museum of Art, New York, New York, from on or about April 27, 2016,
until on or about July 24, 2016, 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 a 
list of the imported objects to which this notice pertains, contact the
Office of Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs in the Office of the
Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202-632-6471;
email: section2459@state.gov). The mailing address is U.S. Department
of State, L/PD, SA-5, Suite 5H03, Washington, DC 20522-0505.

Dated: March 29, 2016.
Mark Taplin,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Bureau of Educational and
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
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