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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 579
To amend the National Foundation on the Humanities and the Humanities
Act of 1965 to abolish the National Endowment for the Arts and the
National Council on the Humanities.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 19, 1995
Mr. HEFLEY (for himself, Mr. CRANE, and Mr. DOOLITTLE) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Economic and
Educational Opportunities
A BILL
To amend the National Foundation on the Humanities and
the Humanities Act of 1965 to abolish the National
Endowment for the Arts and the National Council on
the Humanities.
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 ‘‘Privatization of Hu-
manities Act’’.
SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR
THE ARTS.
Sections 7 and 8 of the National Foundation on the
Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 956,
957) are repealed.
SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) DECLARATION OF PURPOSE.—Section 2 of the
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 951) is amended—
(1) in paragraphs (1), (4), and (6) by striking
‘‘and the Humanities’’,
(2) in paragraphs (2) and (5) by striking ‘‘the
humanities and’’,
(3) in paragraphs (5), and (9) by striking ‘‘and
humanities’’,
(4) in paragraph (7) by striking ‘‘and the study
of the humanities require’’ and inserting ‘‘requires’’,
and
(5) in paragraph (12) by striking ‘‘and the Hu-
manities’’.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 3 of the National Foun-
dation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 952) is amended—
(1) by striking subsection (a), and
(2) in subsection (d)—
(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘or the
National Council on the Humanities, as the
case may be’’, and
(B) in paragraph (2)—
(i) by striking ‘‘sections 5(l) and
7(h)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 5(p)’’, and
(ii) by striking ‘‘and the National
Council on the Humanities, as the case
may be,’’.
(c) ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON
THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES.—Section 4(a) of the Na-
tional Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 953(a)) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking ‘‘and the Humanities’’ each
place it appears, and
(B) by striking ‘‘a National Endowment
for the Humanities,’’,
(2) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘the human-
ities and’’, and
(3) in the heading of such section by striking
‘‘AND THE HUMANITIES’’.
(d) FEDERAL COUNCIL ON THE ARTS AND THE HU-
MANITIES.—Section 9 of the National Foundation on the
Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 958)
is amended—
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘and the Hu-
manities’’,
(2) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘the Chair-
person of the National Endowment for the Human-
ities,’’,
(3) in subsection (c)—
(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘and the
Chairperson of the National Endowment for the
Humanities’’,
(B) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘, the
National Endowment for the Humanities,’’, and
(C) in paragraphs (6) and (7) by striking
‘‘and humanities’’.
(e) ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS.—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 the matter preceding paragraph
(1)—
(i) by striking ‘‘in them’’,
(ii) by striking ‘‘and the Chairperson
of the National Endowment for the Hu-
manities’’, and
(iii) by striking ‘‘, in carrying out
their respective functions, shall each’’ and
inserting ‘‘shall’’,
(B) by striking ‘‘of an Endowment’’,
(C) in paragraph (2)—
(i) by striking ‘‘of that Endowment’’
the first place it appears and inserting ‘‘on
the Arts’’,
(ii) by striking ‘‘sections 6(f) and
8(f)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 6(f)’’, and
(iii) by striking ‘‘sections 5(c) and
7(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 5(c)’’, and
(D) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘Chair-
person’s functions, define their duties, and su-
pervise their activities’’ and inserting ‘‘func-
tions, define the activities, and supervise the ac-
tivities of the Chairperson’’,
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) by striking paragraphs (1), (2), and
(3), and
(B) in paragraph (4)—
(i) by striking ‘‘one of its Endow-
ments and received by the Chairperson of
an Endowment’’ and inserting ‘‘the Na-
tional Endowment for the Arts and re-
ceived by the Chairperson of that Endow-
ment’’, and
(ii) by striking ‘‘(4)’’,
(3) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘and the
Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Hu-
manities shall each’’ and inserting ‘‘shall’’,
(4) in subsection (e) by striking ‘‘and the Na-
tional Council on the Arts, respectively, may each’’
and inserting ‘‘may’’,
(5) in subsection (f)—
(A) in paragraph (1)—
(i) by striking ‘‘and the Chairperson
of the National Endowment for the Arts’’,
and
(ii) by striking ‘‘sections 5(c) and
7(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 5(c)’’,
(B) in paragraph (2)(A)—
(i) by striking ‘‘either of the Endow-
ments’’ and inserting ‘‘National Endow-
ment for the Arts’’, and
(ii) by striking ‘‘involved’’, and
(C) in paragraph (3)—
(i) by striking ‘‘that provided such fi-
nancial assistance’’ each place it appears,
and
(ii) in subparagraph (C) by striking
‘‘or the National Endowment for the Hu-
manities’’.
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 11 of the National Foundation on the Arts
and the Humanities Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 960) is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(1)—
(A) by striking subparagraph (B), and
(B) in subparagraph (A)—
(i) by striking ‘‘(A)’’,
(ii) by redesignating clauses (i), (ii),
and (iii) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and
(C), respectively, and
(iii) by striking ‘‘(I)’’ and ‘‘(II)’’ each
place they appear and inserting ‘‘(i)’’ and
‘‘(ii)’’, respectively,
(2) in subsection (a)(2)—
(A) by striking subparagraph (B), and
(B) in subparagraph (A)—
(i) by striking ‘‘(A)’’, and
(ii) by redesignating clauses (i) and
(ii) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respec-
tively, and
(3) in subsection (a)(3)—
(7) in subsection (e) by striking ‘‘and human-
ities’’.
SEC. 5. SHORT TITLE.
Section 1 of the National Foundation on the Arts and
the Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 951 note) is
amended by striking ‘‘and the Humanities’’.
SEC. 6. TRANSITION PROVISIONS.
The Director of the Office of Management and Budg-
et shall provide for the termination of the affairs of the
National Endowment for the Humanities and the National
Council on the Humanities, including the appropriate
transfer or other disposition of personnel, assets, liabil-
ities, grants, contracts, property, records, and unexpended
balances of appropriations, authorizations, allocations,
and other funds held, used, arising from, available to, or
to be made available in connection with implementing the
authorities terminated by the amendments made by this
Act.
SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATES.
(a) GENERAL EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as pro-
vided in subsection (b), this Act shall take effect on the
date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE OF AMENDMENTS.—Sections
2, 3, 4, and 5 shall take effect on the first day of the
first fiscal year beginning after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
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