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10 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A). 

11 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f). 

12 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). 

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

3For purposes of this rule, references to ‘‘MarketMaker’’ shall refer to Trading Permit Holders acting 

in the capacity of a Market-Maker and shall include 

all Exchange Market-Maker capacities (e.g., 

Designated Primary Market-Makers and Lead 

Market-Makers). 

C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Comments on the 

Proposed Rule Change Received From 

Members, Participants, or Others 

The Exchange neither solicited nor 

received comments on the proposed 

rule change. 

III. Date of Effectiveness of the 

Proposed Rule Change and Timing for 

Commission Action 

The foregoing rule change has become 

effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) 

of the Act 10 and paragraph (f) of Rule 

19b–4 11 thereunder. At any time within 

60 days of the filing of the proposed rule 

change, the Commission summarily may 

temporarily suspend such rule change if 

it appears to the Commission that such 

action is necessary or appropriate in the 

public interest, for the protection of 

investors, or otherwise in furtherance of 

the purposes of the Act. If the 

Commission takes such action, the 

Commission will institute proceedings 

to determine whether the proposed rule 

change should be approved or 

disapproved. 

IV. Solicitation of Comments 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit written data, views, and 

arguments concerning the foregoing, 

including whether the proposed rule 

change is consistent with the Act. 

Comments may be submitted by any of 

the following methods: 

Electronic Comments 

• Use the Commission’s internet 

comment form (http://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml); or 

• Send an email to rule-comments@

sec.gov. Please include File No. SR– 

CBOE–2018–057 on the subject line. 

Paper Comments 

• Send paper comments in triplicate 

to Secretary, Securities and Exchange 

Commission, 100 F Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20549–1090. 

All submissions should refer to File No. 

SR–CBOE–2018–057. This file number 

should be included on the subject line 

if email is used. To help the 

Commission process and review your 

comments more efficiently, please use 

only one method. The Commission will 

post all comments on the Commission’s 

internet website (http://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the 

submission, all subsequent 

amendments, all written statements 

with respect to the proposed rule 

change that are filed with the 

Commission, and all written 

communications relating to the 

proposed rule change between the 

Commission and any person, other than 

those that may be withheld from the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be 

available for website viewing and 

printing in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, 100 F Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20549, on official 

business days between the hours of 

10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the 

filing also will be available for 

inspection and copying at the principal 

office of the Exchange. All comments 

received will be posted without change. 

Persons submitting comments are 

cautioned that we do not redact or edit 

personal identifying information from 

comment submissions. You should 

submit only information that you wish 

to make available publicly. All 

submissions should refer to File No. 

SR–CBOE–2018–057, and should be 

submitted on or before September 13, 

2018. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.12

Eduardo A. Aleman, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18162 Filed 8–22–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–83872; File No. SR–CBOE– 

2018–55] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe 

Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing of a 

Proposed Rule Change Relating To 

Amend Rule 6.21., Give Up of a 

Clearing Trading Permit Holder 

August 17, 2018. 

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the 

‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2

notice is hereby given that on August 7, 

2018, Cboe Exchange, Inc. (the 

‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘Cboe Options’’) filed 

with the Securities and Exchange 

Commission (the ‘‘Commission’’) the 

proposed rule change as described in 

Items I, II, and III below, which Items 

have been prepared by the Exchange. 

The Commission is publishing this 

notice to solicit comments on the 

proposed rule change from interested 

persons. 

I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Terms of Substance of 

the Proposed Rule Change 

The Exchange proposes to amend its 

rules governing the give up of a Clearing 

Trading Permit Holder by a Trading 

Permit Holder on exchange transactions. 

The text of the proposed rule change 

is also available on the Exchange’s 

website (http://www.cboe.com/ 

AboutCBOE/CBOELegalRegulatory

Home.aspx), at the Exchange’s Office of 

the Secretary, and at the Commission’s 

Public Reference Room. 

II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

In its filing with the Commission, the 

Exchange included statements 

concerning the purpose of and basis for 

the proposed rule change and discussed 

any comments it received on the 

proposed rule change. The text of these 

statements may be examined at the 

places specified in Item IV below. The 

Exchange has prepared summaries, set 

forth in sections A, B, and C below, of 

the most significant aspects of such 

statements. 

A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and the 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

1. Purpose 

The Exchange proposes to amend 

Rule 6.21, which governs the give up of 

a Clearing Trading Permit Holder 

(‘‘Clearing TPH’’) by a Trading Permit 

Holder (‘‘TPH’’) on Exchange 

transactions. 

Background 

By way of background, Cboe Options 

Rule 6.21 provides that when a TPH 

executes a transaction on the Exchange, 

it must give up the name of the CTPH 

(the ‘‘Give Up’’) through which the 

transaction will be cleared. Rule 6.21 

also provides that a TPH may only give 

up a ‘‘Designated Give Up’’ or its 

‘‘Guarantor.’’ This limitation is enforced 

by the Exchange’s trading systems. 

A ‘‘Designated Give Up’’ is currently 

defined as any CTPH that a TPH (other 

than a Market-Maker 3) identifies to the 

Exchange, in writing, as a CTPH that the 

TPH would like to have the ability to 

give up. To designate a ‘‘Designated 

Give Up’’ a TPH must submit written 


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4See Cboe Options Rule 3.28, Cboe Options Rule 

6.72, and Cboe Options Rule 8.5. 

5The Exchange already knows each TPH’s 

Guarantor and as such, no further designation or 

identification is required of TPHs to enable their 

respective Guarantors. 

6As a Guarantor of a TPH has already provided 

a Letter of Guarantee or Letter of Authorization for 

that TPH’s trading activities on the Exchange, no 

further authorization is necessary. 

7As discussed above, all TPHs will be enabled to 

give up their respective Guarantor without further 

action from the CTPH or TPH. This does not 

preclude a Guarantor from revoking a Letter of 

Guarantee or Letter of Authorization for any TPH 

pursuant to Cboe Options Rules 3.28. 6.72, and 8.5. 

8See proposed changes to Rule 6.21(c). 

notification, in a form and manner 

determined by the Exchange, to the 

Membership Services Department 

(‘‘MSD’’). Specifically, the Exchange 

uses a standardized form (‘‘Notification 

Form’’) that a TPH needs to complete 

and submit to MSD. The Exchange notes 

that a TPH may currently designate any 

CTPH as a Designated Give Up. 

Additionally, there is no minimum or 

maximum number of Designated Give 

Ups that a TPH must identify. Rule 6.21 

also requires that the Exchange notify a 

CTPH, in writing and as soon as 

practicable, of each TPH that has 

identified it as a Designated Give Up. 

The Exchange however, will not accept 

any instructions from a CTPH to 

prohibit a TPH from designating the 

CTPH as a Designated Give Up. 

Additionally, there is no subjective 

evaluation of a TPH’s list of proposed 

Designated Give Ups by the Exchange. 

Rule 6.21 also defines ‘‘Guarantor’’. 

For purposes of Rule 6.21, a 

‘‘Guarantor’’ refers to a CTPH that has 

issued a Letter of Guarantee or Letter of 

Authorization for the executing TPH 

under the Exchange Rules that is in 

effect at the time of the execution of the 

applicable trade.4 An executing TPH 

may give up its Guarantor without 

having to first designate it to the 

Exchange as a ‘‘Designated Give Up.’’ 5

Additionally, the Exchange notes that a 

Market-Maker is only enabled to give up 

the Guarantor of the Market-Maker 

pursuant to Cboe Options Rule 8.5 and 

also does not need to identify any 

Designated Give Ups. 

Recently, several bank-affiliated 

clearing firm members of the Securities 

Industry and Financial Markets 

Association (‘‘SIFMA’’) expressed 

concerns related to the process by 

which executing brokers on U.S. options 

exchanges (the ‘‘Exchanges’’) are 

allowed to designate or ‘give up’ a 

clearing firm for purposes of clearing 

particular transactions. The SIFMA 

member clearing firms indicated that 

the Federal Reserve has recently 

identified the current give-up process as 

a significant source of risk for clearing 

firms. SIFMA member clearing firms 

subsequently requested that the 

Exchanges alleviate this risk by 

amending Exchange rules governing the 

give up process. 

Proposed Rule Change 

The Exchange proposes to amend 

Rule 6.21 to provide that TPHs will no 

longer be able to designate any CTPH for 

which they desire to give up. Rather, the 

Exchange proposes to provide that TPHs 

must first have received written 

authorization from a CTPH before it may 

give up that CTPH. 

In connection with this proposed 

change, the Exchange first proposes to 

eliminate the term ‘‘Designated Give 

Up’’ throughout Rule 6.21 and replace it 

with the term ‘‘Authorized Give Up’’ 

and make other corresponding changes. 

The Exchange also proposes to amend 

subparagraph (b)(i) to explicitly define 

‘‘Authorized Give Up’’. For purposes of 

Rule 6.21, an Authorized Give Up of a 

TPH will refer to a CTPH which has 

authorized that TPH to have the ability 

to give up that CTPH and which has 

been processed by the Exchange. 

The Exchange next proposes to amend 

subparagraph (b)(iii) of Rule 6.21, which 

governs the identification of Authorized 

Give Ups. Going forward, CTPHs must 

identify, in a form and manner 

prescribed by the Exchange, any TPH 

which will be authorized to give up that 

CTPH (other than a Market-Maker or 

TPH for which it is the Guarantor).6 To 

facilitate this identification, the 

Exchange proposes to eliminate the 

current Notification Form and replace it 

with a new standardized authorization 

form titled ‘‘Cboe Options Exchange 

Clearing Trading Permit Holder Give Up 

Authorization Form’’ (‘‘Authorization 

Form’’), which both the TPH and CTPH 

would need to complete and 

subsequently submit to the Exchange. A 

copy of the proposed Authorization 

Form is attached in Exhibit 3. 

The Exchange also proposes to amend 

subparagraph (b)(iv) of Rule 6.21. 

Currently Rule 6.21(b)(iv) provides that 

any TPH (other than a Market-Maker) 

may designate any CTPH as a 

Designated Give Up. In light of the 

proposed change to require 

authorization from CTPHs, the 

Exchange proposes to revise Rule 

6.21(b)(iv) accordingly to make clear 

that any CTPH may authorize any TPH 

to use it as an Authorized Give Up. The 

Exchange also proposes to eliminate the 

language in subparagraph (b)(iv) that 

provides that the Exchange will not 

accept instructions with respect to its 

designation as a Designated Give Up. 

Particularly, Rule 6.21(b)(iv) provides 

that the Exchange will not accept any 

instructions, or give effect to any 

previous instructions, from a CTPH not 

to permit a TPH to designate the CTPH 

as a Designated Give Up. The proposal 

to require authorization from a CTPH 

prior to being able to give them up 

renders this provision obsolete and 

unnecessary. The Exchange accordingly 

proposes to eliminate this language. 

The Exchange next proposes to amend 

subparagraph (b)(vi) of Rule 6.21 to 

make clear that a Guarantor for a TPH 

will be enabled to be given up for that 

TPH without any further action by the 

CTPH as well as the TPH. 

The Exchange proposes to amend 

subparagraph (b)(vii), which currently 

governs the removal of Designated Give 

Ups. Currently, if a TPH (other than a 

Market-Maker) no longer wants the 

ability to give up a particular Designated 

Give Up, the TPH must notify the 

Exchange, in a form and manner 

prescribed by the Exchange. The 

Exchange proposes to update this 

provision in light of the proposed 

requirement to receive authorization 

from a CTPH. Particularly, the Exchange 

proposes to provide that if a CTPH no 

longer wants a particular TPH (for 

which it is not the Guarantor) 7 to have 

the ability to give them up as an 

Authorized Give Up, the CTPH must 

notify the Exchange, in a form and 

manner prescribed by the Exchange. 

The Exchange anticipates utilizing the 

same Authorization Form noted above 

to facilitate revocations of give up 

authorization. 

The Exchange notes that its trading 

system is currently configured to only 

accept orders from a TPH which 

identify a Designated Give Up or 

Guarantor for that TPH and will reject 

any order entered by a TPH which 

designates a Give Up that is not at the 

time a Designated Give Up or Guarantor 

of the TPH. The Exchange notes that its 

systems will continue to be configured 

to enforce its Give-Up rule. Particularly, 

going forward, the Exchange’s trading 

system will reject any order entered by 

a TPH which designates a Give Up that 

is not an Authorized Give Up or 

Guarantor for that TPH.8

The Exchange will also continue to 

provide certain notices to TPHs. 

Currently, pursuant to subparagraph (d) 

of Rule 6.21, the Exchange provides 

notice to a TPH in writing when an 

identified Designated Give Up becomes 

‘‘effective’’ (i.e., when a CTPH that has 

been identified by the TPH as a 

Designated Give Up has been enabled by 

the Exchange’s trading systems to be 


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9Currently, a Guarantor for a TPH is always 

enabled to be given up for a TPH without any action 

by the TPH. As previously discussed, under the 

proposed rule a TPH’s Guarantor will continue to 

be enabled for that TPH without further action from 

the Guarantor or the TPH. 

10Similarly, no changes are being proposed to the 

Give Up Change Form and Give Up Change Form 

for Accepting Clearing Trading Permit Holders. 

11 15 U.S.C. 78f(b). 

12 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5). 13 Id. 

14As noted in the filing that originally adopted 

current Rule 6.21, the Exchange believes that the 

executing TPH’s Guarantor, absent a CTPH that 

agrees to accept the trade, should become the Give 

Up on any trade which an Authorized Give Up 

determines to reject in accordance with the rule, 

because the Guarantor, by virtue of having issued 

a Letter of Guarantee or Authorization, has already 

accepted financial responsibility for all Exchange 

transactions made by the executing TPH. See 

Securities Exchange Act Release No. 72668 (July 24, 

2014), 79 FR 44229 (July 30, 2014) (SR–CBOE– 

2014–048). 

given up).9 Under the proposed rule, the 

Exchange will continue to provide 

notice to a TPH in writing when an 

Authorized Give Up becomes 

‘‘effective’’. The Exchange also proposes 

to notify a TPH, in writing and as soon 

as practicable, of each CTPH that has 

revoked its authorization for that TPH. 

The Exchange lastly notes that other 

than updating references from 

‘‘Designated Give Up’’ to ‘‘Authorized 

Give Up’’, it is not changing its rules 

relating to acceptance and rejection of a 

trade by a Give Up.10

The Exchange believes the proposed 

rule changes will help limit clearing 

firm risk and thereby enable clearing 

firms to continue to provide the listed 

options market with vital clearing 

services, which helps protect investors 

and the public interest consistent with 

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the 

‘‘Act’’). 

Implementation Date 

The Exchange proposes to announce 

the implementation date of the 

proposed rule change in an Exchange 

Notice, to be published no later than 

thirty (30) days following Commission 

approval. The implementation date will 

be no later than sixty (60) days 

following Commission approval. The 

Exchange notes this additional time 

gives CTPHs time to provide 

authorization of all TPHs that they 

would like to authorize as having the 

ability to give the CTPH up and gives 

the Exchange time to process those lists 

and configure its system accordingly. 

2. Statutory Basis 

The Exchange believes the proposed 

rule change is consistent with the Act 

and the rules and regulations 

thereunder applicable to the Exchange 

and, in particular, the requirements of 

Section 6(b) of the Act.11 Specifically, 

the Exchange believes the proposed rule 

change is consistent with the Section 

6(b)(5) 12 requirements that the rules of 

an exchange be designed to prevent 

fraudulent and manipulative acts and 

practices, to promote just and equitable 

principles of trade, to foster cooperation 

and coordination with persons engaged 

in regulating, clearing, settling, 

processing information with respect to, 

and facilitation transactions in 

securities, to remove impediments to 

and perfect the mechanism of a free and 

open market and a national market 

system, and, in general, to protect 

investors and the public interest. 

Additionally, the Exchange believes the 

proposed rule change is consistent with 

the Section 6(b)(5) 13 requirement that 

the rules of an exchange not be designed 

to permit unfair discrimination between 

customers, issuers, brokers, or dealers. 

Particularly, as discussed above, 

several bank-affiliated clearing firm 

members have recently expressed 

concerns relating to the current give up 

process which permits TPHs to identify 

any CTPH as a Designated Give Up for 

purposes of clearing particular 

transactions. Also as noted above, the 

CTPHs have relayed that the Federal 

Reserve has recently identified the 

current give-up process (i.e., a process 

that lacks authorization) as a significant 

source of risk for clearing firms. The 

Exchange believes the proposed changes 

to Rule 6.21 help alleviate this risk by 

requiring TPHs to receive affirmative 

authorization from CTPHs in order to be 

able to use that CTPH for purposes of 

clearing transactions. The Exchange 

believes this authorization provides 

proper safeguards and protections for 

CTPHs as it alleviates CTPHs of certain 

risks that can be associated with any 

TPH giving them up and of which they 

have no control. The Exchange also 

believes its proposed Authorization 

Form allows the Exchange to receive in 

a uniform fashion, written and 

transparent authorization from CTPHs, 

which ensures seamless administration 

of the Rule. 

The Exchange believes that its 

proposed change to its give up rule 

strikes the right balance between the 

various views and interests across the 

industry. For example, although the 

proposed change now requires TPHs to 

seek authorization from CTPHs (other 

than their Guarantors) in order to have 

the ability to give them up, each TPH 

will still have the ability to give up their 

Guarantor without obtaining further 

authorization. Additionally, the 

Exchange notes that CTPH authorization 

will not be on a trade-by-trade basis. 

Accordingly, the rule still provides for 

a procedure for a CTPH to ‘‘reject’’ a 

trade in accordance with the Rules, both 

on the trade date and T+1, which 

provides recourse to those CTPHs 

which, notwithstanding prior 

authorization to use them generally as a 

Give Up, should not be obligated to 

clear certain trades for which they are 

given up (provided they have a valid 

reason to reject the trade). The Exchange 

also notes that ultimately, the trade can 

always be assigned to the Guarantor of 

the executing TPH.14 Accordingly, the 

Exchange believes the proposed rule 

change is reasonable and continues to 

provide certainty that a CTPH will 

always be responsible for a trade, which 

protects investors and the public 

interest. 

The Exchange believes the 

corresponding changes to Rule 6.21, 

makes clear the proposed change to the 

give up process and maintains clarity in 

the rules, thereby protecting investors 

and the public interest. 

B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Burden on Competition 

The Exchange does not believe that 

the proposed rule change will impose 

any burden on competition that is not 

necessary or appropriate in furtherance 

of the purposes of the Act. The 

Exchange does not believe that the 

proposed rule change will impose an 

unnecessary burden on intramarket 

competition because it will apply 

equally to all similarly situated TPHs 

and CTPHs. The Exchange also notes 

that, should the proposed changes make 

Cboe Options more attractive for 

trading, market participants trading on 

other exchanges can always elect to 

become TPHs on Cboe Options to take 

advantage of the trading opportunities. 

C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Comments on the 

Proposed Rule Change Received From 

Members, Participants, or Others 

The Exchange neither solicited nor 

received comments on the proposed 

rule change. 

III. Date of Effectiveness of the 

Proposed Rule Change and Timing for 

Commission Action 

Within 45 days of the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register or within such longer period 

up to 90 days (i) as the Commission may 

designate if it finds such longer period 

to be appropriate and publishes its 

reasons for so finding or (ii) as to which 

the self-regulatory organization 

consents, the Commission will: 

(A) By order approve or disapprove 

the proposed rule change, or 


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15 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

(B) institute proceedings to determine 

whether the proposed rule change 

should be disapproved. 

IV. Solicitation of Comments 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit written data, views, and 

arguments concerning the foregoing, 

including whether the proposed rule 

change is consistent with the Act. 

Comments may be submitted by any of 

the following methods: 

Electronic Comments 

• Use the Commission’s internet 

comment form (http://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml); or 

• Send an email to rule-comments@

sec.gov. Please include File Number SR– 

CBOE–2018–55 on the subject line. 

Paper Comments 

• Send paper comments in triplicate 

to Secretary, Securities and Exchange 

Commission, 100 F Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20549–1090. 

All submissions should refer to File 

Number SR–CBOE–2018–55. This file 

number should be included on the 

subject line if email is used. To help the 

Commission process and review your 

comments more efficiently, please use 

only one method. The Commission will 

post all comments on the Commission’s 

internet website (http://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the 

submission, all subsequent 

amendments, all written statements 

with respect to the proposed rule 

change that are filed with the 

Commission, and all written 

communications relating to the 

proposed rule change between the 

Commission and any person, other than 

those that may be withheld from the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be 

available for website viewing and 

printing in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, 100 F Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20549, on official 

business days between the hours of 

10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the 

filing also will be available for 

inspection and copying at the principal 

office of the Exchange. All comments 

received will be posted without change. 

Persons submitting comments are 

cautioned that we do not redact or edit 

personal identifying information from 

comment submissions. You should 

submit only information that you wish 

to make available publicly. All 

submissions should refer to File 

Number SR–CBOE–2018–55, and 

should be submitted on or before 

September 13, 2018. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.15

Eduardo A. Aleman, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18160 Filed 8–22–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

Revocation of License of Small 

Business Investment Company 

Pursuant to the authority granted to 

the United States Small Business 

Administration by the Windup Order of 

the United States District Court for the 

District of New Jersey, entered 

November 28, 2016, the United States 

Small Business Administration hereby 

revokes the license of Redstone 

Business Lenders, LLC., a New Jersey 

Limited Partnership, to function as a 

small business investment company 

under the Small Business Investment 

Company License No. 02020209 issued 

to Redstone Business Lenders, LLC, on 

November 16, 1963, and said license is 

hereby declared null and void as of 

November 28, 2016. 

United States Small Business 

Administration. 

A. Joseph Shepard, 

Administrator for Investment and Innovation. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18096 Filed 8–22–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 10517] 

Notice of Determinations; Culturally 

Significant Objects Imported for 

Exhibition—Determinations: 

‘‘Everything Is Connected: Art and 

Conspiracy’’ Exhibition 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: I hereby 

determine that certain objects to be 

included in the exhibition ‘‘Everything 

Is Connected: Art and Conspiracy,’’ 

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 September 

18, 2018, until on or about January 6, 

2019, 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: 

Elliot Chiu, Attorney-Adviser, 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. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

foregoing determinations were made 

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, and 

Delegation of Authority No. 236–3 of 

August 28, 2000. 

Marie Therese Porter Royce, 

Assistant Secretary for Educational and 

Cultural Affairs, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18176 Filed 8–22–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 10518] 

Notice of Determinations; Culturally 

Significant Object Imported for 

Exhibition—Determinations: ‘‘Odyssey: 

Jack Whitten Sculpture, 1963–2017’’ 

Exhibition 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: I hereby 

determine that a certain object to be 

included in the exhibition ‘‘Odyssey: 

Jack Whitten Sculpture, 1963–2017,’’ 

imported from abroad for temporary 

exhibition within the United States, is 

of cultural significance. The object is 

imported pursuant to a loan agreement 

with the foreign owner or custodian. I 

also determine that the exhibition or 

display of the exhibit object at The 

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 

New York, from on or about September 

6, 2018, until on or about December 2, 

2018, 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: 

Elliot Chiu, Attorney-Adviser, 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. 


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