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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 146

To amend the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act

of 1965 to abolish the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Council on the Arts.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 5, 1993

Mr. CRANE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee

on Education and Labor

A BILL

To amend the National Foundation on the Arts and the

Humanities Act of 1965 to abolish the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Council on the Arts.

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 the ‘‘Privatization of Art

5 Act of 1991’’.
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1 SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR

2 THE ARTS.

3 Sections 5 and 6 of the National Foundation on the

4 Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 954,

5 955) are repealed.

6 SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

7 (a) DECLARATION OF PURPOSE.—Section 2 of the

8 National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act

9 of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 951) is amended—

10 (1) in paragraphs (1) and (4) by striking ‘‘and

11 the arts’’,

12 (2) in paragraphs (3) and (8) by striking ‘‘the

13 arts and’’,

14 (3) in paragraph (5) by striking ‘‘the practice

15 of art and’’, and

16 (4) in paragraph (9) by striking ‘‘the Arts

17 and’’.

18 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 3 of the National Foun19 dation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (42

20 U.S.C. 952) is amended—

21 (1) by striking subsections (c) and (f), and

22 (2) in subsection (d)—

23 (A) by striking ‘‘to foster American artistic

24 creativity, to commission works of art,’’,

25 (B) in paragraph (1)—
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1 (i) by striking ‘‘the National Council

2 on the Arts or’’, and

3 (ii) by striking ‘‘, as the case may

4 be,’’,

5 (C) in paragraph (2)—

6 (i) by striking ‘‘sections 5(l) and’’ and

7 inserting ‘‘section’’,

8 (ii) in subparagraph (A) by striking

9 ‘‘artistic or’’, and

10 (iii) in subparagraph (B)—

11 (I) by striking ‘‘the National

12 Council on the Arts and’’, and

13 (II) by striking ‘‘, as the case

14 may be,’’, and

15 (D) by striking ‘‘(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘(c)’’,

16 and

17 (3) by redesignating subsections (e) and (g) as

18 subsections (d) and (e), respectively.

19 (c) ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON

20 THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES.—Section 4(a) of the Na21 tional Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act

22 of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 953(a)) is amended—

23 (1) in subsection (a)—

24 (A) by striking ‘‘the Arts and’’ each place

25 it appears, and
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1 (B) by striking ‘‘a National Endowment

2 for the Arts,’’,

3 (2) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘and the arts’’,

4 and

5 (3) in the heading of such section by striking

6 ‘‘THE ARTS AND’’.

7 (d) FEDERAL COUNCIL ON THE ARTS AND THE HU8 MANITIES.—Section 9 of the National Foundation on the

9 Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 958)

10 is amended—

11 (1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘the Arts

12 and’’,

13 (2) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘the Chair14 person of the National Endowment for the Arts,’’,

15 (3) in subsection (c)—

16 (A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘the

17 Chairperson of the National Endowment for the

18 Arts and’’,

19 (B) in paragraph (3)—

20 (i) by striking ‘‘the National Endow21 ment for the Arts’’, and

22 (ii) by striking ‘‘Humanities,’’ and in23 serting ‘‘Humanities’’, and

24 (C) in paragraph (6) by striking ‘‘the arts

25 and’’.
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1 (e) ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS.—Section 10 of the

2 National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act

3 of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 959) is amended—

4 (1) in subsection (a)—

5 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph

6 (1)—

7 (i) by striking ‘‘in them’’,

8 (ii) by striking ‘‘the Chairperson of

9 the National Endowment for the Arts

10 and’’, and

11 (iii) by striking ‘‘, in carrying out

12 their respective functions,’’,

13 (B) by striking ‘‘of an Endowment’’ each

14 place it appears,

15 (C) in paragraph (2)—

16 (i) by striking ‘‘of that Endowment’’

17 the first place it appears and inserting

18 ‘‘the National Endowment for the Human19 ities’’,

20 (ii) by striking ‘‘sections 6(f) and’’

21 and inserting ‘‘section’’, and

22 (iii) by striking ‘‘sections 5(c) and’’

23 and inserting ‘‘section’’,

24 (D) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘Chair25 person’s functions, define their duties, and su-
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1 pervise their activities’’ and inserting ‘‘func2 tions, define the activities, and supervise the ac3 tivities of the Chairperson’’,

4 (E) by striking the second, third, and

5 fourth sentences,

6 (F) in the fifth sentence by striking ‘‘one

7 of its Endowments and received by the Chair8 person of an Endowment’’ and inserting ‘‘the

9 National Endowment for the Humanities and

10 received by the Chairperson of that Endow11 ment’’,

12 (G) in the sixth and eighth sentences by

13 striking ‘‘each Chairperson’’ each place it ap14 pears and inserting ‘‘the Chairperson’’,

15 (H) in the seventh sentence by striking

16 ‘‘Each chairperson’’ and inserting ‘‘The Chair17 person’’, and

18 (I) by striking the ninth, tenth, and elev19 enth sentences,

20 (2) in subsection (b)—

21 (A) by striking ‘‘Chairperson of the Na22 tional Endowment for the Arts and the’’, and

23 (B) by striking ‘‘each’’ the first place it

24 appears,

25 (3) in subsection (c)—
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘National Council on the

2 Arts and the’’, and

3 (B) by striking ‘‘, respectively,’’,

4 (4) in subsection (d)—

5 (A) in paragraph (1)—

6 (i) by striking ‘‘Chairperson of the

7 National Endowment for the Arts and

8 the’’, and

9 (ii) by striking ‘‘sections 5(c) and’’

10 and inserting ‘‘section’’,

11 (B) in paragraph (2)(A)—

12 (i) by striking ‘‘either of the Endow13 ments’’ and inserting ‘‘National Endow14 ment for the Humanities’’, and

15 (ii) by striking ‘‘involved’’, and

16 (C) in paragraph (3)—

17 (i) by striking ‘‘that provided such fi18 nancial assistance’’ each place it appears,

19 and

20 (ii) in subparagraph (C) by striking

21 ‘‘the National Endowment for the Arts

22 or’’,

23 (5) in subsection (e)—

24 (A) in paragraph (1)—
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1 (i) by striking ‘‘the Chairperson of the

2 National Endowment for the Arts and’’,

3 (ii) by striking ‘‘jointly’’,

4 (iii) in subparagraph (A) by striking

5 ‘‘arts education and’’, and

6 (iv) in subparagraph (B) by striking

7 ‘‘arts and’’,

8 (B) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘Endow9 ments’’ and inserting ‘‘Endowment’’, and

10 (C) in paragraph (3)—

11 (i) by striking ‘‘Endowments’’ and in12 serting ‘‘Endowment’’,

13 (ii) in subparagraph (B) by striking

14 ‘‘Endowments’ ’’ each place it appears and

15 inserting ‘‘Endowment’s’’,

16 (iii) in subparagraphs (B) and (C) by

17 striking ‘‘arts and’’ each place it appears,

18 (iv) in subparagraph (D)—

19 (I) by striking ‘‘National Endow20 ment for the Arts and the’’, and

21 (II) by striking ‘‘arts education’’,

22 and

23 (v) in subparagraph (E) by striking

24 ‘‘National Endowment for the Arts and

25 the’’, and
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1 (6) in subsection (f) by striking ‘‘each Endow2 ment’’ and inserting ‘‘the National Endowment for

3 the Humanities’’.

4 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

5 Section 11 of the National Foundation on the Arts

6 and the Humanities Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 960) is

7 amended—

8 (1) in subsection (a)(1)—

9 (A) by striking subparagraphs (A) and

10 (C), and

11 (B) in subparagraph (B) by striking

12 ‘‘(B)’’,

13 (2) in subsection (a)(2)—

14 (A) by striking subparagraph (A), and

15 (B) in subparagraph (B)—

16 (i) by striking ‘‘(B)’’, and

17 (ii) by redesignating clauses (i) and

18 (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respec19 tively,

20 (3) in subsection (a)(3)—

21 (A) by striking subparagraph (A),

22 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as

23 subparagraph (A),

24 (C) by striking subparagraph (C), and

25 (D) in subparagraph (D)—
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1 (i) by striking ‘‘(D)’’ and inserting

2 ‘‘(B)’’, and

3 (ii) by striking ‘‘and subparagraph

4 (B)’’,

5 (4) in subsection (a)(4)—

6 (A) by striking ‘‘Chairperson of the Na7 tional Endowment for the Arts and the’’,

8 (B) by striking ‘‘, as the case may be,’’,

9 and

10 (C) by striking ‘‘section 5(e), section

11 5(l)(2), section 7(f),’’ and inserting ‘‘section

12 7(f)’’,

13 (5) in subsection (c)—

14 (A) by striking paragraph (1), and

15 (B) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘(2)’’,

16 and

17 (6) in subsection (d)—

18 (A) by striking paragraph (1), and

19 (B) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘(2)’’.

20 SEC. 5. SHORT TITLE.

21 Section 1 of the National Foundation on the Arts and

22 the Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 951 note) is

23 amended by striking ‘‘the Arts and’’.
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1 SEC. 6. TRANSITION PROVISIONS.

2 (a) TRANSFER OF PROPERTY.—On the effective date

3 of the amendments made by this Act, all property donated,

4 bequeathed, or devised to the National Endowment for the

5 Arts and held by such Endowment on such date is hereby

6 transferred to the National Endowment for the Human7 ities.

8 (b) TERMINATION OF OPERATIONS.—The Director of

9 the Office of Management and Budget shall provide for

10 the termination of the affairs of the National Endowment

11 for the Arts and the National Council on the Arts. Except

12 as provided in subsection (a), the Director shall provide

13 for the transfer or other disposition of personnel, assets,

14 liabilities, grants, contracts, property, records, and unex15 pended balances of appropriations, authorizations, alloca16 tions, and other funds held, used, arising from, available

17 to, or to be made available in connection with implement18 ing the authorities terminated by the amendments made

19 by this Act.

20 SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATES.

21 (a) GENERAL EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as pro22 vided in subsection (b), this Act shall take effect on the

23 date of the enactment of this Act.

24 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE OF AMENDMENTS.—Sections

25 2, 3, 4, and 5 shall take effect on the first day of the
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1 first fiscal year beginning after the date of the enactment

2 of this Act.

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