Privatization of Humanities Act

Summary: Privatization of Humanities Act - Amends the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 to abolish the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the National Council on the Humanities (NCH). 
Renames such Act the National Foundation on the Arts Act of 1965. 
Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to provide for the termination of the affairs of the NEH and the NCH.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Privatization of Humanities Act''.

SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS.

    Sections 7 and 8 of the National Foundation on the Arts and the 
Humanities Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 956, 957) are repealed.

SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Declaration of Purpose.--Section 2 of the National Foundation 
on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 951) is amended--
            (1) in paragraphs (1), (4), and (6) by striking ``and the 
        Humanities'',
            (2) in paragraphs (2) and (5) by striking ``the humanities 
        and'',
            (3) in paragraphs (5), and (9) by striking ``and 
        humanities'',
            (4) in paragraph (7) by striking ``and the study of the 
        humanities require'' and inserting ``requires'', and
            (5) in paragraph (12) by striking ``and the Humanities''.
    (b) Definitions.--Section 3 of the National Foundation on the Arts 
and the Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 952) is amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (a), and
            (2) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1) by striking ``or the National 
                Council on the Humanities, as the case may be'', and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) by striking ``sections 5(l) and 7(h)'' 
                        and inserting ``section 5(p)'', and
                            (ii) by striking ``and the National Council 
                        on the Humanities, as the case may be,''.
    (c) Establishment of National Foundation on the Arts and 
Humanities.--Section 4(a) of the National Foundation on the Arts and 
the Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 953(a)) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``and the Humanities'' each place 
                it appears, and
                    (B) by striking ``a National Endowment for the 
                Humanities,'',
            (2) in subsection (b) by striking ``the humanities and'', 
        and
            (3) in the heading of such section by striking ``and the 
        humanities''.
    (d) Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.--Section 9 of 
the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 958) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a) by striking ``and the Humanities'',
            (2) in subsection (b) by striking ``the Chairperson of the 
        National Endowment for the Humanities,'',
            (3) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1) by striking ``and the 
                Chairperson of the National Endowment for the 
                Humanities'',
                    (B) in paragraph (3) by striking ``, the National 
                Endowment for the Humanities,'', and
                    (C) in paragraphs (6) and (7) by striking ``and 
                humanities''.
    (e) Administrative Functions.--Section 10 of the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 959) 
is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``in them'',
                            (ii) by striking ``and the Chairperson of 
                        the National Endowment for the Humanities'', 
                        and
                            (iii) by striking ``, in carrying out their 
                        respective functions, shall each'' and 
                        inserting ``shall'',
                    (B) by striking ``of an Endowment'',
                    (C) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) by striking ``of that Endowment'' the 
                        first place it appears and inserting ``on the 
                        Arts'',
                            (ii) by striking ``sections 6(f) and 8(f)'' 
                        and inserting ``section 6(f)'', and
                            (iii) by striking ``sections 5(c) and 
                        7(c)'' and inserting ``section 5(c)'', and
                    (D) in paragraph (3) by striking ``Chairperson's 
                functions, define their duties, and supervise their 
                activities'' and inserting ``functions, define the 
                activities, and supervise the activities of the 
                Chairperson'',
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by striking paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), and
                    (B) in paragraph (4)--
                            (i) by striking ``one of its Endowments and 
                        received by the Chairperson of an Endowment'' 
                        and inserting ``the National Endowment for the 
                        Arts and received by the Chairperson of that 
                        Endowment'', and
                            (ii) by striking ``(4)'',
            (3) in subsection (d) by striking ``and the Chairperson of 
        the National Endowment for the Humanities shall each'' and 
        inserting ``shall'',
            (4) in subsection (e) by striking ``and the National 
        Council on the Arts, respectively, may each'' and inserting 
        ``may'',
            (5) in subsection (f)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``and the Chairperson of 
                        the National Endowment for the Arts'', and
                            (ii) by striking ``sections 5(c) and 7(c)'' 
                        and inserting ``section 5(c)'',
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(A)--
                            (i) by striking ``either of the 
                        Endowments'' and inserting ``National Endowment 
                        for the Arts'', and
                            (ii) by striking ``involved'', and
                    (C) in paragraph (3)--
                            (i) by striking ``that provided such 
                        financial assistance'' each place it appears, 
                        and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (C) by striking ``or 
                        the National Endowment for the Humanities''.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 11 of the National Foundation on the Arts and the 
Humanities Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 960) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1)--
                    (A) by striking subparagraph (B), and
                    (B) in subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) by striking ``(A)'',
                            (ii) by redesignating clauses (i), (ii), 
                        and (iii) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), 
                        respectively, and
                            (iii) by striking ``(I)'' and ``(II)'' each 
                        place they appear and inserting ``(i)'' and 
                        ``(ii)'', respectively,
            (2) in subsection (a)(2)--
                    (A) by striking subparagraph (B), and
                    (B) in subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) by striking ``(A)'', and
                            (ii) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) 
                        as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and
            (3) in subsection (a)(3)--
                    (A) by striking subparagraph (B), and
                    (B) in subparagraph (C)--
                            (i) by striking ``and subparagraph (B)'', 
                        and
                            (ii) by redesignating such subparagraph as 
                        subparagraph (B),
            (4) in subsection (a)(4)--
                    (A) by striking ``and the Chairperson of the 
                National Endowment for the Humanities, as the case may 
                be,'', and
                    (B) by striking ``section 5(l)(2), section 7(f), 
                and section 7(h)(2)'' and inserting ``and section 
                5(p)(2)'',
            (5) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1) by striking ``(1)'', and
                    (B) by striking paragraph (2),
            (6) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (2), and
                    (B) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``(1)'',
                            (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), 
                        (B), and (C) as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), 
                        respectively, and
            (7) in subsection (e) by striking ``and humanities''.

SEC. 5. SHORT TITLE.

    Section 1 of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 951 note) is amended by striking ``and the 
Humanities''.

SEC. 6. TRANSITION PROVISIONS.

    The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall provide 
for the termination of the affairs of the National Endowment for the 
Humanities and the National Council on the Humanities, including the 
appropriate transfer or other disposition of personnel, assets, 
liabilities, grants, contracts, property, records, and unexpended 
balances of appropriations, authorizations, allocations, and other 
funds held, used, arising from, available to, or to be made available 
in connection with implementing the authorities terminated by the 
amendments made by this Act.

SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATES.

    (a) General Effective Date.--Except as provided in subsection (b), 
this Act shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Effective Date of Amendments.--Sections 2, 3, 4, and 5 shall 
take effect on the first day of the first fiscal year beginning after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.