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rate will be 6.125 (61⁄8) percent for the

October—December quarter of FY 2001.

LeAnn M. Oliver,

Deputy Associate Administrator for Financial

Assistance.

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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Washington, DC District Advisory

Council; Public Meeting

The U.S. Small Business

Administration Washington, DC District

Advisory Council, located in the

metropolitan area of Washington, DC,

will hold a public meeting from 9 a.m.–

11 a.m., Wednesday, October 11, 2000,

at The Washington Times, 3600 New

York Avenue, NE., Washington, DC, to

discuss such matters as may be

presented by members, staff of the U.S.

Small Business Administration, or

others present.

For further information, write or call

Anita L. Irving, Public Information

Officer, U.S. Small Business

Administration, 1110 Vermont Avenue,

NW., Suite 900, (P.O. Box 34500),

Washington, DC 20043–4500; telephone

202–606–4000, ext. 275.

Bettie Baca,

Counselor to the Administrator/Public

Liaison.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3430]

Culturally Significant Objects Imported

for Exhibition Determinations:

‘‘Painting Revolution: Kandinsky,

Malevich and the Russian AvantGarde’’

AGENCY: United States Department of

State.

ACTION: Amendment.

SUMMARY: On July 25, 2000, Notice was

published on page 45814 of the Federal

Register (Volume 65, Number 143) by

the Department of State pursuant to

Pub. L 3370 relating to the exhibit

‘‘Painting Revolution: Kandinsky,

Malevich and the Russian AvantGarde.’’ The referenced Notice is

amended as follows. Replace ‘‘July 9,

2001’’ with ‘‘July 29, 2001.’’

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

further information, including a list of

exhibit objects, contact Jacqueline

Caldwell, Attorney-Adviser, Office of

the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of

State (telephone: 202/619–6982). The

address is U.S. Department of State, SA–

44, 301 4th Street, SW., Room 700,

Washington, DC 20547–0001.

Dated: September 27, 2000.

William B. Bader,

Assistant Secretary for Educational and

Cultural Affairs, United States Department

of State.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3439]

Culturally Significant Objects Imported

for Exhibition Determinations:

‘‘Dresden Green Diamond’’

AGENCY: U.S. Department of State.

ACTION: Notice.

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), the Foreign Affairs Reform and

Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat.

2681, et seq.), Delegation of Authority

No. 234 of October 1, 1999, and

Delegation of Authority No. 236 of

October 19, 1999, as amended, I hereby

determine that the Dresden Green

Diamond, imported from abroad for the

temporary exhibition without profit

within the United States, is of cultural

significance. The object is imported

pursuant to loan agreements with the

foreign lender. I also determine that the

exhibition or display of the object at the

Harry Winston Research Foundation,

Inc., New York, New York, on October

11, 2000, and at the National Museum

of Natural History, Smithsonian

Institution, Washington, DC, from on or

about October 12, 2000, to on or about

January 15, 2001, is in the national

interest. Public Notice of these

Determinations is ordered to be

published in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

further information, contact Lorie J.

Nierenberg, Assistant Legal Adviser for

Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs,

U.S. Department of State (telephone:

202/619–5078). The address is U.S.

Department of State, SA–44, 301–4th

Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC

20547–0001.

Dated: October 3, 2000.

William B. Bader,

Assistant Secretary for Educational and

Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3431]

Bureau of European Affairs; U.S.

Bilateral Assistance to Bosnia and

Serbia

The Secretary of State issued on

March 15, 2000, a waiver of restrictions

under Section 566 of the Foreign

Operations, Export Financing and

Related Programs Appropriations Act,

2000, for bilateral assistance to the

Republika Srpska (RS) and Serbia

(excluding Kosovo), as follows:

(1) In the Republika Srpska:— support for

civilian police restructuring; USAID and

State public diplomacy programs promoting

democratization, reconciliation, and free and

independent media; the Community

Reintegration and Stabilization Project of

USAID, as well as its Bosnia Business

Development, Economic Reform and

Democratic Reform Programs; OSCEsupervised elections and human rights

activities; and Trade and Development

Agency (TDA) activities designed to assist

U.S. businesses in Bosnia. The municipalities

of Foca, Pale, and Prijedor are excluded from

this waiver, because competent authorities

have failed to take necessary and significant

steps to apprehend and transfer war crimes

indictees to the International Criminal

Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. These

municipalities will not be eligible for new

U.S. assistance.

(2) In Serbia: State public diplomacy and

USAID programs to support democratic

reform, including free and independent

media and labor; economic reform and other

advisory assistance to the democratic FRY

opposition; developing programs with NGOs

for the delivery of humanitarian assistance

through new distribution mechanisms that

are independent of Belgrade regime control;

and technical assistance, training grants, and

exchanges designed to benefit oppositioncontrolled municipalities.

The Secretary noted that, ‘‘ Our

bilateral assistance promotes Dayton

and an integrated Bosnia. Recipients of

U.S. assistance must state in writing

their support for Dayton and then act

accordingly. Our assistance has

promoted the growth of pro-Dayton

parties in the RS, development of

independent media, minority returns,

privatization and market-oriented

reform, increased minority

representation in the RS police force,

and efforts to investigate corruption and

curb police abuse.

The promotion of independent media and

pro-democracy NGOs has a special

significance in the aftermath of the Kosovo

conflict. The Milosevic regime in Belgrade

has an interest in ensuring that no proWestern governments can survive in areas of

predominantly Serb population. RS

authorities have demonstrated their readiness

to ensure freedom of movement for members

of opposition political parties and the