103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2351

AN ACT

To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1994

and the Museum Services Act.on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965,and 1995 to carry out the National Foundation
103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2351

AN ACT

To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1994 and 1995

to carry out the National Foundation on the Arts and

the Humanities Act of 1965, and the Museum Services

Act.

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 ‘‘Arts, Humanities, and

5 Museums Amendments of 1993’’.

6 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON

7 THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES ACT OF

8 1965.

9 (a) MODIFICATION OF LIMITATION ON USE OF FED10 ERAL FUNDS.—Section 5(g) of the National Foundation

11 on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.

12 954(g)) is amended—

13 (1) in paragraph (4)(C)—

14 (A) by inserting ‘‘(i)’’ after ‘‘(C)’’, and

15 (B) by adding at the end the following:
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1 ‘‘(ii) Notwithstanding any other provision of this sub2 section, the amount allotted to a State for the current fis3 cal year under this subsection may not be greater than

4 the amount so allotted to such State for the preceding fis5 cal year if—

6 ‘‘(I) the amount of State funds to be expended

7 for such current fiscal year to carry out this sub8 section is less than the average annual amount ex9 pended by such State during the most recent preced10 ing period of 3 fiscal years to carry out this sub11 section; and

12 ‘‘(II) the rate of the reduction in the amount of

13 State funds exceeds the rate of reduction in the ag14 gregate of all general fund expenditures to be made

15 by the State in such current fiscal year.’’, and

16 (2) in paragraph (5)—

17 (A) by striking ‘‘(5) All’’ and inserting

18 ‘‘(5)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph

19 (B), all’’, and

20 (B) by adding at the end the following:

21 ‘‘(B) All amounts allotted under paragraph (3) that

22 are not made available to a State as a result of the oper23 ation of subsection (g)(4)(C)(ii) shall be allotted to the

24 remaining States in equal amounts.’’.
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1 (b) FUNDS AUTHORIZED FOR PROGRAM GRANTS.—

2 Section 11(a)(1) of the National Foundation on the Arts

3 and the Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 960(a)(1))

4 is amended—

5 (1) in subparagraph (A)—

6 (i) in clause (i) by striking

7 ‘‘$125,800,000’’ and all that follows through

8 ‘‘1993’’, and inserting ‘‘$119,985,000 for fiscal

9 year 1994 and such sums as may be necessary

10 for fiscal year 1995’’,

11 (ii) by amending clause (ii) to read as fol12 lows:

13 ‘‘(ii) Not less than 27.5 percent of the amount appro14 priated under clause (i) for each of the fiscal years 1994

15 and 1995 shall be for carrying out section 5(g).’’,

16 (iii) in the first sentence of clause (iii) by

17 striking ‘‘For’’ and all that follows through

18 ‘‘year;’’ the last place it appears, and inserting

19 ‘‘Not less than 7.5 percent of the amount ap20 propriated under clause (i) for each of the fiscal

21 years 1994 and 1995’’, and

22 (2) in the first sentence of subparagraph (B) by

23 striking ‘‘$119,900,000’’ and all that follows

24 through ‘‘1993’’, and inserting ‘‘$130,573,000 for
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1 fiscal year 1994 and such sums as may be necessary

2 for fiscal year 1995’’.

3 (c) FUNDS AUTHORIZED TO MATCH NON-FEDERAL

4 FUNDS RECEIVED.—Section 11(a) of the National Foun5 dation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (20

6 U.S.C. 960(a)) is amended—

7 (1) in paragraph (2)—

8 (A) in subparagraph (A)—

9 (i) by striking ‘‘1993’’ the first place

10 it appears and inserting ‘‘1995’’, and

11 (ii) by striking ‘‘$13,000,000’’ and all

12 that follows through ‘‘1993’’, and inserting

13 ‘‘$16,955,000 for fiscal year 1994 and

14 such sums as may be necessary for fiscal

15 year 1995’’,

16 (B) in subparagraph (B)—

17 (i) by striking ‘‘1993’’ the first place

18 it appears and inserting ‘‘1995’’, and

19 (ii) by striking ‘‘$12,000,000’’ and all

20 that follows through ‘‘1993’’, and inserting

21 ‘‘$11,963,000 for fiscal year 1994 and

22 such sums as may be necessary for fiscal

23 year 1995’’,

24 (2) in paragraph (3)—

25 (A) in subparagraph (A)—
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1 (i) by striking ‘‘1993’’ the first place

2 it appears and inserting ‘‘1995’’, and

3 (ii) by striking ‘‘$15,000,000’’ and all

4 that follows through ‘‘1993’’, and inserting

5 ‘‘$13,187,000 for fiscal year 1994 and

6 such sums as may be necessary for fiscal

7 year 1995’’, and

8 (B) in subparagraph (B)—

9 (i) by striking ‘‘1993’’ the first place

10 it appears and inserting ‘‘1995’’, and

11 (ii) by striking ‘‘$15,150,000’’ and all

12 that follows through ‘‘1993’’, and inserting

13 ‘‘$14,228,000 for fiscal year 1994 and

14 such sums as may be necessary for fiscal

15 year 1995’’, and

16 (3) in the last sentence of paragraph (4) by

17 striking ‘‘section 5(l)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section

18 5(p)(2)’’.

19 (d) FUNDS AUTHORIZED FOR ADMINISTRATION OF

20 PROGRAMS OF THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENTS.—Section

21 11(c) of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Hu22 manities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 960(c)) is amended—

23 (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘$21,200,000’’

24 and all that follows through ‘‘1993’’, and inserting
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1 ‘‘$24,466,000 for fiscal year 1994 and such sums as

2 may be necessary for fiscal year 1995’’, and

3 (2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘$17,950,000’’

4 and all that follows through ‘‘1993’’, and inserting

5 ‘‘$20,727,000 for fiscal year 1994 and such sums as

6 may be necessary for fiscal year 1995’’.

7 (e) LIMITATIONS ON TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS AU8 THORIZED.—Section 11(d) of the National Foundation on

9 the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.

10 960(d)) is amended—

11 (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘exceed’’ and

12 all that follows through the period at the end, and

13 inserting ‘‘exceed $174,593,000 for fiscal year

14 1994.’’, and

15 (2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘exceed’’ and

16 all that follows through the period at the end, and

17 inserting ‘‘exceed $177,491,000 for fiscal year

18 1994.’’.

19 (f) INVESTIGATION AND REPORT.—Not later than

20 September 30, 1995, the Chairperson of the National En21 dowment for the Arts shall—

22 (1) conduct an investigation of State compli23 ance with section 5(g)(4)(C)(i) of the National

24 Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of

25 1965 (20 U.S.C. 954(g)(4)(C)(i)), and
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1 (2) submit to the Speaker of the House of Rep2 resentatives and the President pro tempore, a report

3 containing—

4 (A) the results of such investigation, and

5 (B) any information and recommendations

6 as the Chairperson considers to be appropriate.

7 SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE MUSEUM SERVICES ACT.

8 Section 209 of the Museum Services Act (20 U.S.C.

9 967) is amended—

10 (1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘$24,000,000’’

11 and all that follows through ‘‘1993’’, and inserting

12 ‘‘$28,777,000 for fiscal year 1994 and such sums as

13 may be necessary for fiscal year 1995’’, and

14 (2) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘1993’’ and in15 serting ‘‘1995’’.

Passed the House of Representatives October 14,

1993.

Attest:

Clerk.