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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1059

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOVEMBER 21, 1993

Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

AN ACT

To include Alaska Natives in a program for native culture

and arts development.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as ‘‘Alaska Native Culture and

5 Arts Development Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. ALASKA NATIVE ART AND CULTURE.

2 Section 1521 of the Higher Education Amendments

3 of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4441) is amended to read as follows:

4 ‘‘PART B—NATIVE HAWAIIANS AND ALASKA NATIVES

5 ‘‘SEC. 1521. PROGRAM FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND ALASKA

6 NATIVE CULTURE AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT.

7 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior is

8 authorized to make grants for the purpose of supporting

9 programs for Native Hawaiian or Alaska Native culture

10 and arts development to any private, nonprofit organiza11 tion or institution which—

12 ‘‘(1) primarily serves and represents Native Ha13 waiians or Alaska Natives, and

14 ‘‘(2) has been recognized by the Governor of the

15 State of Hawaii or the Governor of the State of

16 Alaska, as appropriate, for the purpose of making

17 such organization or institution eligible to receive

18 such grants.

19 ‘‘(b) PURPOSE OF GRANTS.—Grants made under

20 subsection (a) shall, to the extent deemed possible by the

21 Secretary and the recipient of the grant, be used—

22 ‘‘(1) to provide scholarly study of, and instruc23 tion in, Native Hawaiian or Alaska Native art and

24 culture,
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1 ‘‘(2) to establish programs which culminate in

2 the awarding of degrees in the various fields of Na3 tive Hawaiian or Alaska Native art and culture, or

4 ‘‘(3) to establish centers and programs with re5 spect to Native Hawaiian or Alaska Native art and

6 culture that are similar in purpose to the centers

7 and programs described in subsections (b) and (c) of

8 section 1510.

9 ‘‘(c) MANAGEMENT OF GRANTS.—

10 ‘‘(1) Any organization or institution which is

11 the recipient of a grant made under subsection (a)

12 shall establish a governing board to manage and

13 control the program with respect to which such

14 grant is made.

15 ‘‘(2) For any grants made with respect to Na16 tive Hawaiian art and culture, the members of the

17 governing board which is required to be established

18 under paragraph (1) shall—

19 ‘‘(A) be Native Hawaiians or individuals

20 widely recognized in the field of Native Hawai21 ian art and culture,

22 ‘‘(B) include a representative of the Office

23 of Hawaiian Affairs of the State of Hawaii,

24 ‘‘(C) include the president of the Univer25 sity of Hawaii,
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1 ‘‘(D) include the president of the Bishop

2 Museum, and

3 ‘‘(E) serve for a fixed term of office.

4 ‘‘(3) For any grants made with respect to Alas5 ka Native art and culture, the members of the gov6 erning board which is required to be established

7 under paragraph (1) shall—

8 ‘‘(A) include Alaska Natives and individ9 uals widely recognized in the field of Alaska

10 Native art and culture,

11 ‘‘(B) represent the Eskimo, Indian and

12 Aleut cultures of Alaska, and

13 ‘‘(C) serve for a fixed term.’’.

Passed the Senate November 20 (legislative day, November 2), 1993.

Attest: WALTER J. STEWART,

Secretary.