8310 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 36 / Monday, February 24, 1997 / Notices

* A copy of this list may be obtained by

contacting Lorie J. Nierenberg of the Office of the

General Counsel, U.S. Information Agency. The

telephone number is 202/619–6084; the address is

USIA, 301–4th Street SW., Room 700, Washington,

DC 20547.

ACTION: Notice of availability of report

on closed meetings of the art advisory

panel.

SUMMARY: The report is now available.

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. app. I section

10(d), of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act; and 5 U.S.C. section

552b, the Government in the Sunshine

Act: A report summarizing the closed

meeting activities of the Art Advisory

Panel during 1996, has been prepared.

A copy of this report has been filed with

the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury

for Management and is now available

for public inspection at: Internal

Revenue Service, Freedom of

Information Reading Room, Room 1621,

1111 Constitution Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20224 .

Requests for copies should be

addressed to: Director, Disclosure

Operations Division, Attn: FOI Reading

Room, Box 388, Benjamin Franklin

Station, Washington, DC 20224,

Telephone (202) 622–5164 (Not a toll

free telephone number).

The Commissioner of Internal

Revenue has determined that this

document is not a major rule as defined

in Executive Order 12291 and that a

regulatory impact analysis therefore is

not required. Neither does this

document constitute a rule subject to

the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C.

Chapter 6).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Karen Carolan, C:AP:AS:4, 901 D Street,

SW., Room 224, Washington, DC 20024,

Telephone (202) 401–4128 (Not a toll

free telephone number).

Margaret Milner Richardson,

Commissioner of Internal Revenue.

[FR Doc. 97–4492 Filed 2–21–97; 8:45 am]

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Art Advisory Panel—Notice of Closed

Meeting

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service,

Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of closed meeting of art

advisory panel.

SUMMARY: Closed meeting of the Art

Advisory Panel will be held in

Washington, DC.

DATE: The meeting will be held April

8th and 9th, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The closed meeting of the

Art Advisory Panel will be held on

April 8th and 9th, 1997 in Room 240

beginning at 9:30 a.m., Aerospace

Center Building, 901 D Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Karen Carolan, C:AP:AS:4 901 D Street,

SW, Washington, DC 20024. Telephone

(202) 401–4128, (not a toll free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is

hereby given pursuant to section

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1988),

that a closed meeting of the Art

Advisory Panel will be held on April

8th and 9th, 1997 in Room 240

beginning at 9:30 a.m., Aerospace

Center Building, 901 D Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20024.

The agenda will consist of the review

and evaluation of the acceptability of

fair market value appraisals of works of

art involved in federal income, estate, or

gift tax returns. This will involve the

discussion of material in individual tax

returns made confidential by the

provisions of section 6103 of Title 26 of

the United States Code.

A determination as required by

section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act has been made that this

meeting is concerned with matters listed

in section 552b(c)(3), (4), (6), and (7) of

Title 5 of the United States Code, and

that the meeting will not be open to the

public.

The Commissioner of Internal

Revenue has determined that this

document is not a significant regulatory

action as defined in Executive Order

12866 and that a regulatory impact

analysis therefore is not required.

Neither does this document constitute a

rule subject to the Regulatory Flexibility

Act (5 U.S.C. Chapter 6).

Margaret Milner Richardson,

Commissioner of Internal Revenue.

[FR Doc. 97–4491 Filed 2–21–97; 8:45 am]

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UNITED STATES INFORMATION

AGENCY

Culturally Significant Objects Imported

for Exhibition; Determinations

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 four objects to be

included in the exhibit ‘‘Images in

Ivory: Precious Objects from the Gothic

Age’’ (see list*), imported from abroad

for temporary exhibition without profit

within the United States, are of cultural

significance. These objects are imported

pursuant to loan agreements with the

British Museum. I also determine that

the temporary exhibition or display of

the listed exhibit objects at the Detroit

Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI, beginning

on or about March 7, 1997, to on or

about May 11, 1997, and at the Walters

Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD, beginning

on or about June 22, 1997, to on or about

August 31, 1997, is in the national

interest.

Public notice of these determinations

is ordered to be published in the

Federal Register.

Dated: February 19, 1997.

Les Jin,

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 97–4537 Filed 2–21–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

Special Medical Advisory Group,

Notice of Availability of Annual Report

Under Section 10(d) of Public Law

92–463 (Federal Advisory Committee

Act), notice is hereby given that the

Annual Report of the Department of

Veterans Affairs Special Medical

Advisory Group for Fiscal Year 1996 has

been issued.

The report summarizes activities of

the Group relative to the care and

treatment of disabled veterans and other

matters pertinent to the Department of

Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health

Administration. It is available for public

inspection at two locations:

Federal Documents Section, Exchange

and Gift Division, LM 632, Library of

Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540;

and

Department of Veterans Affairs, Office

of the Under Secretary for Health, VA

Central Office, Room 811, 810

Vermont Avenue, N.W., Washington,

D.C. 20420.

Dated: February 13, 1997.

By Direction of the Secretary:

Heyward Bannister,

Committee Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–4416 Filed 2–21–97; 8:45 am]

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Veterans’ Advisory Committee on

Education, Notice of Meeting

The Department of Veterans Affairs

gives notice that a meeting of the

Veterans’ Advisory Committee on

Education, authorized by 38 U.S.C.

3692, will be held on March 6 and