Calendar No. 239

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

OCTOBER 20 (legislative day, OCTOBER 13), 1993

Read twice and ordered placed on the calendar
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Calendar No. 239

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2351

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

OCTOBER 18 (legislative day, OCTOBER 13), 1993

Received

OCTOBER 20 (legislative day, OCTOBER 13), 1993

Read twice and ordered placed on the calendar

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’’.
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1 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON

2 THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES ACT OF

3 1965.

4 (a) MODIFICATION OF LIMITATION ON USE OF FED5 ERAL FUNDS.—Section 5(g) of the National Foundation

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

7 954(g)) is amended—

8 (1) in paragraph (4)(C)—

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

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

11 ‘‘(ii) Notwithstanding any other provision of this sub12 section, the amount allotted to a State for the current fis13 cal year under this subsection may not be greater than

14 the amount so allotted to such State for the preceding fis15 cal year if—

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

17 for such current fiscal year to carry out this sub18 section is less than the average annual amount ex19 pended by such State during the most recent preced20 ing period of 3 fiscal years to carry out this sub21 section; and

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

23 State funds exceeds the rate of reduction in the ag24 gregate of all general fund expenditures to be made

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

26 (2) in paragraph (5)—
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘(5) All’’ and inserting

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

3 (B), all’’, and

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

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

6 are not made available to a State as a result of the oper7 ation of subsection (g)(4)(C)(ii) shall be allotted to the

8 remaining States in equal amounts.’’.

9 (b) FUNDS AUTHORIZED FOR PROGRAM GRANTS.—

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

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

12 is amended—

13 (1) in subparagraph (A)—

14 (i) in clause (i) by striking

15 ‘‘$125,800,000’’ and all that follows through

16 ‘‘1993’’, and inserting ‘‘$119,985,000 for fiscal

17 year 1994 and such sums as may be necessary

18 for fiscal year 1995’’,

19 (ii) by amending clause (ii) to read as fol20 lows:

21 ‘‘(ii) Not less than 27.5 percent of the amount appro22 priated under clause (i) for each of the fiscal years 1994

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

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

25 striking ‘‘For’’ and all that follows through
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1 ‘‘year;’’ the last place it appears, and inserting

2 ‘‘Not less than 7.5 percent of the amount ap3 propriated under clause (i) for each of the fiscal

4 years 1994 and 1995’’, and

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

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

7 through ‘‘1993’’, and inserting ‘‘$130,573,000 for

8 fiscal year 1994 and such sums as may be necessary

9 for fiscal year 1995’’.

10 (c) FUNDS AUTHORIZED TO MATCH NON-FEDERAL

11 FUNDS RECEIVED.—Section 11(a) of the National Foun12 dation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (20

13 U.S.C. 960(a)) is amended—

14 (1) in paragraph (2)—

15 (A) in subparagraph (A)—

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

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

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

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

20 ‘‘$16,955,000 for fiscal year 1994 and

21 such sums as may be necessary for fiscal

22 year 1995’’, and

23 (B) in subparagraph (B)—

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

25 it appears and inserting ‘‘1995’’, and
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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘$12,000,000’’ and all

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

3 ‘‘$11,963,000 for fiscal year 1994 and

4 such sums as may be necessary for fiscal

5 year 1995’’,

6 (2) in paragraph (3)—

7 (A) in subparagraph (A)—

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

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

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

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

12 ‘‘$13,187,000 for fiscal year 1994 and

13 such sums as may be necessary for fiscal

14 year 1995’’, and

15 (B) in subparagraph (B)—

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

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

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

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

20 ‘‘$14,228,000 for fiscal year 1994 and

21 such sums as may be necessary for fiscal

22 year 1995’’, and

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

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

25 5(p)(2)’’.
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1 (d) FUNDS AUTHORIZED FOR ADMINISTRATION OF

2 PROGRAMS OF THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENTS.—Section

3 11(c) of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Hu4 manities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 960(c)) is amended—

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

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

7 ‘‘$24,466,000 for fiscal year 1994 and such sums as

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

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

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

11 ‘‘$20,727,000 for fiscal year 1994 and such sums as

12 may be necessary for fiscal year 1995’’.

13 (e) LIMITATIONS ON TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS AU14 THORIZED.—Section 11(d) of the National Foundation on

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

16 960(d)) is amended—

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

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

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

20 1994.’’, and

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

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

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

24 1994.’’.
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1 (f) INVESTIGATION AND REPORT.—Not later than

2 September 30, 1995, the Chairperson of the National En3 dowment for the Arts shall—

4 (1) conduct an investigation of State compli5 ance with section 5(g)(4)(C)(i) of the National

6 Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of

7 1965 (20 U.S.C. 954(g)(4)(C)(i)), and

8 (2) submit to the Speaker of the House of Rep9 resentatives and the President pro tempore, a report

10 containing—

11 (A) the results of such investigation, and

12 (B) any information and recommendations

13 as the Chairperson considers to be appropriate.

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

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

16 967) is amended—

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

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

19 ‘‘$28,777,000 for fiscal year 1994 and such sums as

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

21 (2) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘1993’’ and in22 serting ‘‘1995’’.

Passed the House of Representatives October 14,

1993.

Attest: DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

Clerk.