SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Privatization of Art Act of 1991''.

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

    Sections 5 and 6 of the National Foundation on the Arts and the 
Humanities Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 954, 955) are repealed.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 (42 U.S.C. 951) is amended--
            (1) in paragraphs (1) and (4) by striking ``and the arts'',
            (2) in paragraphs (3) and (8) by striking ``the arts and'',
            (3) in paragraph (5) by striking ``the practice of art 
        and'', and
            (4) in paragraph (9) by striking ``the Arts and''.
    (b) Definitions.--Section 3 of the National Foundation on the Arts 
and the Humanities Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 952) is amended--
            (1) by striking subsections (c) and (f), and
            (2) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) by striking ``to foster American artistic 
                creativity, to commission works of art,'',
                    (B) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``the National Council on 
                        the Arts or'', and
                            (ii) by striking ``, as the case may be,'',
                    (C) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) by striking ``sections 5(l) and'' and 
                        inserting ``section'',
                            (ii) in subparagraph (A) by striking 
                        ``artistic or'', and
                            (iii) in subparagraph (B)--
                                    (I) by striking ``the National 
                                Council on the Arts and'', and
                                    (II) by striking ``, as the case 
                                may be,'', and
                    (D) by striking ``(d)'' and inserting ``(c)'', and
            (3) by redesignating subsections (e) and (g) as subsections 
        (d) and (e), respectively.
    (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 (42 U.S.C. 953(a)) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``the Arts and'' each place it 
                appears, and
                    (B) by striking ``a National Endowment for the 
                Arts,'',
            (2) in subsection (b) by striking ``and the arts'', and
            (3) in the heading of such section by striking ``the arts 
        and''.
    (d) Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.--Section 9 of 
the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 958) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a) by striking ``the Arts and'',
            (2) in subsection (b) by striking ``the Chairperson of the 
        National Endowment for the Arts,'',
            (3) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1) by striking ``the Chairperson 
                of the National Endowment for the Arts and'',
                    (B) in paragraph (3)--
                            (i) by striking ``the National Endowment 
                        for the Arts'', and
                            (ii) by striking ``Humanities,'' and 
                        inserting ``Humanities'', and
                    (C) in paragraph (6) by striking ``the arts and''.
    (e) Administrative Functions.--Section 10 of the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (42 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 ``the Chairperson of the 
                        National Endowment for the Arts and'', and
                            (iii) by striking ``, in carrying out their 
                        respective functions,'',
                    (B) by striking ``of an Endowment'' each place it 
                appears,
                    (C) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) by striking ``of that Endowment'' the 
                        first place it appears and inserting ``the 
                        National Endowment for the Humanities'',
                            (ii) by striking ``sections 6(f) and'' and 
                        inserting ``section'', and
                            (iii) by striking ``sections 5(c) and'' and 
                        inserting ``section'',
                    (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'',
                    (E) by striking the second, third, and fourth 
                sentences,
                    (F) in the fifth sentence by striking ``one of its 
                Endowments and received by the Chairperson of an 
                Endowment'' and inserting ``the National Endowment for 
                the Humanities and received by the Chairperson of that 
                Endowment'',
                    (G) in the sixth and eighth sentences by striking 
                ``each Chairperson'' each place it appears and 
                inserting ``the Chairperson'',
                    (H) in the seventh sentence by striking ``Each 
                chairperson'' and inserting ``The Chairperson'', and
                    (I) by striking the ninth, tenth, and eleventh 
                sentences,
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by striking ``Chairperson of the National 
                Endowment for the Arts and the'', and
                    (B) by striking ``each'' the first place it 
                appears,
            (3) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) by striking ``National Council on the Arts and 
                the'', and
                    (B) by striking ``, respectively,'',
            (4) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``Chairperson of the 
                        National Endowment for the Arts and the'', and
                            (ii) by striking ``sections 5(c) and'' and 
                        inserting ``section'',
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(A)--
                            (i) by striking ``either of the 
                        Endowments'' and inserting ``National Endowment 
                        for the Humanities'', 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 ``the 
                        National Endowment for the Arts or'',
            (5) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``the Chairperson of the 
                        National Endowment for the Arts and'',
                            (ii) by striking ``jointly'',
                            (iii) in subparagraph (A) by striking 
                        ``arts education and'', and
                            (iv) in subparagraph (B) by striking ``arts 
                        and'',
                    (B) in paragraph (2) by striking ``Endowments'' and 
                inserting ``Endowment'', and
                    (C) in paragraph (3)--
                            (i) by striking ``Endowments'' and 
                        inserting ``Endowment'',
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B) by striking 
                        ``Endowments' '' each place it appears and 
                        inserting ``Endowment's'',
                            (iii) in subparagraphs (B) and (C) by 
                        striking ``arts and'' each place it appears,
                            (iv) in subparagraph (D)--
                                    (I) by striking ``National 
                                Endowment for the Arts and the'', and
                                    (II) by striking ``arts 
                                education'', and
                            (v) in subparagraph (E) by striking 
                        ``National Endowment for the Arts and the'', 
                        and
            (6) in subsection (f) by striking ``each Endowment'' and 
        inserting ``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 subparagraphs (A) and (C), and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B) by striking ``(B)'',
            (2) in subsection (a)(2)--
                    (A) by striking subparagraph (A), and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B)--
                            (i) by striking ``(B)'', and
                            (ii) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) 
                        as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively,
            (3) in subsection (a)(3)--
                    (A) by striking subparagraph (A),
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
                subparagraph (A),
                    (C) by striking subparagraph (C), and
                    (D) in subparagraph (D)--
                            (i) by striking ``(D)'' and inserting 
                        ``(B)'', and
                            (ii) by striking ``and subparagraph (B)'',
            (4) in subsection (a)(4)--
                    (A) by striking ``Chairperson of the National 
                Endowment for the Arts and the'',
                    (B) by striking ``, as the case may be,'', and
                    (C) by striking ``section 5(e), section 5(l)(2), 
                section 7(f),'' and inserting ``section 7(f)'',
            (5) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (1), and
                    (B) in paragraph (2) by striking ``(2)'', and
            (6) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (1), and
                    (B) in paragraph (2) by striking ``(2)''.

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 ``the Arts 
and''.

SEC. 6. TRANSITION PROVISIONS.

    (a) Transfer of Property.--On the effective date of the amendments 
made by this Act, all property donated, bequeathed, or devised to the 
National Endowment for the Arts and held by such Endowment on such date 
is hereby transferred to the National Endowment for the Humanities.
    (b) Termination of Operations.--The Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget shall provide for the termination of the affairs 
of the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Council on the 
Arts. Except as provided in subsection (a), the Director shall provide 
for the 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.
Privatization of Art Act of 1991 (sic) - Amends the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 to abolish the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Council on the Arts (NCA). 
Provides for transfer of all NEA property to the National Endowment for the Humanities.  Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to provide for the termination of the affairs of NEA and NCA.
Privatization of Art Act of 1991