I
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1557
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1996, 1997, and 1998 for the
National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the
Humanities, and the Institute for Museum Services; and to repeal the
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965
effective October 1, 1998.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 3, 1995
Mr. GOODLING (for himself and Mr. CUNNINGHAM) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Economic and Educational
Opportunities
A BILL
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1996, 1997, and
1998 for the National Endowment for the Arts, the
National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Insti-
tute for Museum Services; and to repeal the National
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965
effective October 1, 1998.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Arts, Humanities, and
Museum Services Amendments of 1995’’.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO THE NATIONAL EN-
DOWMENT FOR THE ARTS.
(a) MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY.—Section 5 of the
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 954) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)—
(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘(1)’’,
and
(B) in the first sentence of paragraph (2)
by striking ‘‘four’’ and inserting ‘‘3’’,
(2) by striking subsections (c), (e), (j), (m), and
(n),
(3) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘this section’’
and inserting ‘‘subsection (k)(1)’’,
(4) in subsection (g)—
(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘support-
ing’’ and all that follows through ‘‘section 5(c)
of this Act’’, and inserting the following:
‘‘supporting—
‘‘(A) projects and productions which have sub-
stantial national or international artistic and cul-
tural significance, giving emphasis to American cre-
ativity and cultural diversity and to the maintenance
and encouragement of professional excellence;
‘‘(B) projects and productions, meeting profes-
sional standards of authenticity or tradition, irre-
purpose of broadening public access to the arts;’’,
and
(B) in paragraph (2)(B) by striking ‘‘sub-
section (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)’’,
(C) in paragraph (3)(B) by adding a semi-
colon at the end, and
(D) in paragraph (5) by striking ‘‘section
5(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (k)(1)’’,
(5) in subsection (h)—
(A) by striking paragraph (1),
(B) by striking ‘‘such group or’’ each place
it appears,
(C) by striking ‘‘group or’’ each place it
appears, and
(D) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and
(3) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively,
(6) in subsection (k)(1) by striking ‘‘Endow-
ment;’’ and inserting ‘‘Endowment,’’,
(7) in subsection (o) by striking ‘‘subsection
(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘5(k)(1)’’,
(8) in subsection (p)—
(A) in paragraph (1)(D)—
(i) by striking clause (i), and
(ii) by redesignating clauses (ii)
through (v) as clauses (i) through (iv), re-
spectively,
(B) in paragraph (2)—
(i) by striking ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(2)’’,
(ii) by striking subparagraphs (B) and
(C),
(iii) by redesignating clauses (i) and
(ii) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respec-
tively, and
(iv) by redesignating subclauses (I)
and (II) as clauses (i) and (ii), respec-
tively,
(C) by amending paragraph (3) to read as
follows:
‘‘(3)(A) The total amount of any payment made
under paragraph (1) for a program or project may not
exceed 25 percent of the cost of such program or project.
‘‘(B) The total amount of any payment made under
paragraph (2) for a program or project may not exceed
50 percent of the cost of such program or project.’’, and
(D) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘sub-
section (c) or’’,
(9) in subsection (q) by striking ‘‘subsection
(g)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (e)’’, and
(10) by redesignating subsections (d), (f), (g),
(h), (i), (k), (l), (o), (p), and (q) as subsections (c),
(d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), and (l), respec-
tively.
SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO THE NATIONAL COUN-
CIL ON THE ARTS.
Section 6(f) of the National Foundation on the Arts
and the Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 955(f)) is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘subsections
(c) and (p) of section 5’’ and inserting ‘‘section
5(k)’’, and
(2) in the matter following paragraph (2), by
striking ‘‘, except that’’ and all that follows through
‘‘section 11(a)’’.
SEC. 4. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO THE NATIONAL EN-
DOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES.
Section 7 of the National Foundation on the Arts and
the Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 956) is amend-
ed—
(1) in subsection (b)—
(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘(1)’’,
and
(B) in the first sentence of paragraph (2)
by striking ‘‘four’’ and inserting ‘‘3’’,
(2) by striking subsections (c), (e), (g), (j), and
(m),
(3) in subsection (f)—
(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘cost of’’
and all that follows through ‘‘subsection (c) of
this section,’’, and inserting the following:
‘‘cost of activities—
‘‘(A) to develop and encourage the pursuit of a
national policy for the promotion of progress and
scholarship in the humanities;
‘‘(B) to initiate and support research and pro-
grams to strengthen the research and teaching po-
tential of the United States in the humanities by
making arrangements with individuals or groups to
support such activities; any loans made by the En-
dowment shall be made in accordance with terms
and conditions approved by the Secretary of the
Treasury;
‘‘(C) to initiate and support training and work-
shops in the humanities by making arrangements
with institutions or individuals (fellowships awarded
to individuals under this authority may be for the
purpose of study or research at appropriate non-
profit institutions selected by the recipient of such
aid, for stated periods of time);
‘‘(D) to initiate and support programs and re-
search which have substantial scholarly and cultural
significance and that reach, or reflect the diversity
and richness of our American cultural heritage, in-
cluding the culture of a minority, inner city, rural,
or tribal community;
‘‘(E) to foster international programs and ex-
changes;
‘‘(F) to foster the interchange of information in
the humanities;
‘‘(G) to foster, with groups, education in, and
public understanding and appreciation of the hu-
manities;
‘‘(H) to support the publication of scholarly
works in the humanities;
‘‘(I) to insure that the benefit of its programs
will also be available to our citizens where such pro-
grams would otherwise be unavailable due to geo-
graphic or economic reasons; and
‘‘(J) to foster programs and projects that pro-
vide access to, and preserve materials important to
research, education, and public understanding of,
the humanities;’’,
(B) in paragraph (3)(B) by striking ‘‘sub-
section (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)’’, and
(C) in paragraph (6) by striking ‘‘sub-
section (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (e)(1)’’,
(4) in subsection (f)(2)(A)(vi) by striking
‘‘Chairman’’ and inserting ‘‘Chairperson’’,
(5) in subsection (h)—
(A) in paragraph (2)—
(i) in subparagraph (A) by striking
‘‘50’’ and inserting ‘‘25’’, and
(ii) in subparagraph (B) by striking
‘‘other than funds authorized by section
11(a)(3)’’, and
(B) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘section
7(c) and’’,
(6) in subsection (i) by striking ‘‘subsection
(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (e)(1)’’,
(7) in subsection (k) by striking ‘‘subsection
(f)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (d)’’, and
(8) by redesignating subsections (d), (f), (h),
(i), (k), and (l) as subsections (c), (d), (e), (f), (g),
and (h), respectively.
SEC. 5. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO THE NATIONAL COUN-
CIL ON THE HUMANITIES.
Section 8 of the National Foundation on the Arts and
the Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 957) is amend-
ed—
(1) in subsection (b)—
(A) by striking ‘‘Chairman’’ each place it
appears and inserting ‘‘Chairperson’’, and
(B) by striking ‘‘Endowment on’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Endowment for’’, and
(2) in subsection (f) by striking ‘‘In the case’’
and all that follows through the end of such sub-
section, and inserting ‘‘The Chairperson shall have
final authority to approve each application.’’.
SEC. 6. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.
Section 10 of the National Foundation on the Arts
and the Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 959) is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘sections
5(c) and 7(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 5 and
7’’,
(B) in paragraph (5) by striking ‘‘(5
U.S.C. 73b–2)’’ and inserting ‘‘(5 U.S.C.
5703)’’,
(2) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘For purposes
of the income tax’’ and inserting the following:
‘‘(4) For the purposes of the income tax’’,
(3) in subsection (c)—
(A) inserting after the second sentence the
following:
‘‘Such panels shall recommend for approval or dis-
approval, and shall make comments on, all applications
for projects, productions, and workshops based on artistic
excellence and artistic merit (or the lack thereof), but shall
not recommend any projects or productions determined to
be obscene.’’,
(B) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘all pan-
els include representation of’’ and inserting
‘‘not less than 20 percent of the members, and
at least 1 member, of each of such panels are’’,
and
(C) in paragraph (4)—
(i) by redesignating subparagraphs
(A) and (B) as subparagraphs (B) and
(C), respectively, and
(ii) by inserting before subparagraph
(B), as so redesignated, the following:
‘‘(A) open all meetings and discussions of
such panels to the public;’’,
(iii) in paragraph (6) by striking ‘‘for
more than 3 consecutive years’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘both for more than 2 consecutive
years and in any 2 consecutive 2-year peri-
ods’’, and
(4) in subsection (f)—
(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘sections
5(c) and 7(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘sections (5)(k)(1)
and (7)(e)(1)’’, and
(B) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘sub-
section (c)(3)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph
(2)(A)’’.
SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 11 of the National Foundation on the Arts
and the Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 960) is
amended—
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(a)(1)(A) For the purpose of carrying out section
5, there are authorized to be appropriated to the National
Endowment for the Arts $65,000,000 for each of the fiscal
years 1996 and 1997, and $32,500,000 for fiscal year
1998.
‘‘(B) Subject to subsection (c)(1), of the amount ap-
propriated under subparagraph (A) for each fiscal year—
‘‘(i) 80 percent shall be available to carry out
section 5(e); and
‘‘(ii) 20 percent shall be available to carry out
section 5(k), which shall include 10 percent to carry
out section 5(k)(2).
‘‘(2)(A) For the purpose of carrying out section 7,
there are authorized to be appropriated to the National
Endowment for the Humanities $69,000,000 for each of
the fiscal years 1996 and 1997, and $34,500,000 for fiscal
year 1998.
‘‘(B) Subject to subsection (c)(2), of the amount ap-
propriated under subparagraph (A) for each fiscal year—
‘‘(i) 80 percent shall be available to carry out
section 7(d);
‘‘(ii) 20 percent shall be available to carry out
section 7(e), which shall include 10 percent to carry
out section7(e)(2).
‘‘(3)(A) There are authorized to be appropriated for
each fiscal year ending before October 1, 1997, to the Na-
tional Endowment for the Arts an amount equal to the
sum of—
‘‘(i) the total amounts received by such Endow-
ment, including the value of property donated, be-
queathed, or devised to such Endowment, for the
purposes set forth in section 5(k)(1) pursuant to the
authority of section 10(a)(2); and
‘‘(ii) the total amounts received by the grantees
of such Endowment from non-Federal sources, in-
cluding the value of property donated, bequeathed,
or devised to such grantees, for use in carrying out
activities under subparagraph (A) through subpara-
graph (F) of section 5(k)(1).
‘‘(B) There are authorized to be appropriated for
each fiscal year ending before October 1, 1997, to the Na-
tional Endowment for the Humanities an amount equal
to the sum of—
‘‘(i) the total amounts received by such Endow-
ment, including the value of property donated, be-
queathed, or devised to such Endowment, for the
purposes set forth in section 7(e)(1) pursuant to the
authority of section 10(a)(2); and
‘‘(ii) the total amounts received by the grantees
of such Endowment from non-Federal sources, in-
cluding the value of property donated, bequeathed,
or devised to such grantees, for use in carrying out
activities under subparagraph (A) through subpara-
graph (F) of section 7(e)(1).
‘‘(C) Sums appropriated pursuant to subparagraphs
(A) and (B) for any fiscal year shall remain available for
obligation and expenditure until expended.
‘‘(D) The Chairperson of the National Endowment
for the Arts and the Chairperson of the National Endow-
ment for the Humanities, as the case may be, shall issue
guidelines to implement subparagraphs (A) and (B). Such
guidelines shall be consistent with the requirements of sec-
tion 5(k) and section 7(e), as the case may be, regarding
total Federal support of activities, programs, projects, or
productions carried out under authority of this Act.’’,
(2) in subsection (c)—
(A) in paragraph (1)—
(i) by striking ‘‘There’’ and all that
follows through ‘‘1993,’’, and inserting ‘‘Of
the amount appropriated under subsection
(a)(1)(A) for each fiscal year, not more
than $5,000,000 shall be available’’, and
(ii) by striking the last sentence, and
(B) in paragraph (2)—
(i) by striking ‘‘There’’ and all that
follows through ‘‘1993,’’, and inserting ‘‘Of
the amount appropriated under subsection
(a)(2)(A) for each fiscal year, not more
than $5,000,000 shall be available’’, and
(ii) by striking the last sentence, and
(3) in subsection (d)—
(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘ex-
ceed—’’ and all that follows through the period
at the end, and inserting ‘‘$65,000,000 for each
of the fiscal years 1996 and 1997, and
$32,500,000 for fiscal year 1998.’’, and
(B) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘ex-
ceed—’’ and all that follows through the period
at the end, and inserting ‘‘$69,000,000 for each
of the fiscal years 1996 and 1997, and
$34,500,000 for fiscal year 1998.’’.
SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE IN-
STITUTE OF MUSEUM SERVICES.
Section 209 of the Museum Services Act (20 U.S.C.
967) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘$24,000,000’’
and all that follows through ‘‘1993’’, and inserting
‘‘$28,770,000 for each of the fiscal years 1996,
1997, and 1998’’,
(2) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘1993’’ and in-
serting ‘‘1998’’, and
(3) by striking subsection (e).
SEC. 9. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE
HUMANITIES ACT OF 1965.—The National Foundation on
the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 951–
960) is amended—
(1) in section 2(6) by striking ‘‘nation’s’’ and
inserting ‘‘Nation’s’’,
(2) in section 3—
(A) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘coun-
try.’’ and inserting ‘‘country,’’,
(B) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘video,
and tape’’ and inserting ‘‘and video, tape,’’, and
(C) in subsection (d)—
(i) by striking ‘‘may be’’ and inserting
‘‘may be,’’, and
(ii) by striking ‘‘Arts and’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Arts or’’,
(3) in section 5A(b)—
(A) by striking ‘‘Arts,’’ and inserting
‘‘Arts’’, and
(B) by striking ‘‘activities as’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘activities and’’, and
(4) in section 9(b) by striking ‘‘Secretary of
State’’ and inserting ‘‘Director of the United States
Information Agency’’.
(b) MUSEUM SERVICES ACT.—Section 211 of the
Museum Services Act (20 U.S.C. 969) is repealed.
SEC. 10. REPEALER.
The National Foundation on the Arts and the Hu-
manities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 951–960) is repealed.
SEC. 11. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO REFLECT THE RE-
PEALER.
(a) POET LAUREATE CONSULTANT.—Section 601 of
the Arts, Humanities, and Museums Amendments of 1985
(2 U.S.C. 177) is amended by striking subsection (c).
(b) EXECUTIVE SCHEDULE PAY RATE.—Title 5 of
the United States Code is amended in section 5314—
(1) by striking the item relating to the Chair-
man of the National Endowment for the Arts, and
(2) by striking the item relating to the Chair-
man of the National Endowment for the Human-
ities.
(c) INSPECTOR GENERAL ACT OF 1978.—Subsection
(a)(2) of the first section 8G of the Inspector General Act
of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 8G(a)(2)) is amended by striking
‘‘the National Endowment for the Arts, the National En-
dowment for the Humanities,’’.
(d) DELTA REGION PRESERVATION COMMISSION.—
Section 907(a) of National Parks and Recreation Act (16
U.S.C. 230f(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking paragraph (7),
(2) in the first paragraph (8) by striking the
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and
(3) by redesignating the first paragraph (8) as
paragraph (7).
(e) WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER
FOR SCHOLARS.—Section 3 of the Woodrow Wilson Me-
morial Act of 1968 (20 U.S.C. 80f) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)—
(A) by striking paragraph (4), and
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(5)
through (10) as paragraphs (4) through (9), re-
spectively,
(2) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘through (9)’’
and inserting ‘‘through (8)’’, and
(3) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘paragraph
(10)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (9)’’.
(f) INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM SERVICES.—The Mu-
seum Services Act (20 U.S.C. 961–969) is amended—
(1) in section 204(a)(2)(A)—
(A) by striking clauses (i) and (ii), and
(B) by redesignating clauses (iii) and (iv)
as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and
(2) in section 205(b) by striking ‘‘the National
Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment
for the Humanities,’’.
(g) 
NATIONAL
TEACHER
ACADEMIES.—Section
514(b)(4) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 1103c(b)(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘and the Na-
tional Endowment for the Humanities’’.
(h) JACOB K. JAVITS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.—Sec-
tion 932(a)(3) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 1134i(a)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘, the Na-
tional Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment
for the Humanities,’’.
(i) GRADUATE ASSISTANCE IN AREAS OF NATIONAL
NEED.—Section 943(b) of the Higher Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1134n(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘the
National Endowments for the Arts and the Humanities,’’.
(j) AMERICAN FOLKLIFE CENTER.—Section 4(b) of
the American Folklife Preservation Act (20 U.S.C.
2103(b)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (4) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the
end,
(2) by striking paragraphs (5) and (6), and
(3) by redesignating paragraph (7) as para-
graph (5).
(k) JAPAN-UNITED STATES FRIENDSHIP COMMIS-
SION.—Section 4(a) of the Japan-United States Friend-
ship Act (22 U.S.C. 2903(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the
end,
(2) in paragraph (3) by striking the semicolon
at the end and inserting a period, and
(3) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4).
(l) STANDARDS AND SYSTEMS FOR OUTDOOR AD-
VERTISING SIGNS.—Section 131(q)(1) of title 23, United
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘including the Na-
tional Endowment for the Arts,’’.
(m) INTERNATIONAL CULTURE AND TRADE CENTER
COMMISSION.—Section 7(c)(1) of Federal Triangle Devel-
opment Act (40 U.S.C. 1106(c)(1)) is amended—
(1) by striking subparagraph (I), and
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (J) as sub-
paragraph (I).
(n) LIVABLE CITIES.—The Livable Cities Act of
1978 (42 U.S.C. 8143 et seq.) is amended—
(1) in section 804—
(A) in paragraph (4) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at
the end,
(B) by striking paragraphs (5) and (7),
and
(C) in paragraph (6)—
(i) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end and
inserting a period, and
(ii) by redesignating such paragraph
as paragraph (5), and
(2) in section 805—
(A) in subsection (a)—
(i) by striking ‘‘, in consultation
with the Chairman,’’, and
(ii) in paragraph (3) by striking
‘‘jointly by the Secretary and the
Chairman’’ and inserting ‘‘by the Sec-
retary’’,
(B) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘and
the Chairman shall establish jointly’’ and
inserting ‘‘shall establish’’,
(C) in subsection (c) by striking
‘‘jointly by the Secretary and the Chair-
man’’ and inserting ‘‘by the Secretary’’,
(D) in subsection (d)—
(i) by striking ‘‘consult with the
Chairman and’’, and
(ii) by striking ‘‘jointly by the
Secretary and the Chairman’’ and in-
serting ‘‘by the Secretary’’, and
(E) in subsection (e) by striking ‘‘, in
cooperation with the Chairman,’’.
(o) NATIONAL ARCHIVES TRUST FUND BOARD.—
Section 2301 of title 44, United States Code, is amended