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CONSTRUCTION
For necessary expenses for capital repair and restora-
tion of the existing features of the building and site of
the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,
$17,600,000, to remain available until expended.
WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR
SCHOLARS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions
of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat.
1356) including hire of passenger vehicles and services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $8,488,000.
NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE
HUMANITIES
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses to carry out the National
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965,
as amended, $99,489,000 shall be available to the Na-
tional Endowment for the Arts for the support of projects
and productions in the arts through assistance to organi-
zations and individuals pursuant to sections 5(c) and 5(g)
of the Act, for program support, and for administering
the functions of the Act, to remain available until ex-
pended.
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NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses to carry out the National
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965,
as amended, $109,932,000 (increased by $5,000,000),
shall be available to the National Endowment for the Hu-
manities for support of activities in the humanities, pursu-
ant to section 7(c) of the Act, and for administering the
functions of the Act, to remain available until expended.
MATCHING GRANTS
To carry out the provisions of section 10(a)(2) of the
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act
of 1965, as amended, $16,122,000, to remain available
until expended, of which $10,436,000 shall be available
to the National Endowment for the Humanities for the
purposes of section 7(h): Provided, That this appropria-
tion shall be available for obligation only in such amounts
as may be equal to the total amounts of gifts, bequests,
and devises of money, and other property accepted by the
chairman or by grantees of the Endowment under the pro-
visions of subsections 11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B) during
the current and preceding fiscal years for which equal
amounts have not previously been appropriated.
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CHALLENGE AMERICA ARTS FUND
CHALLENGE AMERICA GRANTS
For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law
89–209, 
as 
amended, 
$17,000,000 
(increased 
by
$10,000,000) for support for arts education and public
outreach activities, to be administered by the National En-
dowment for the Arts, to remain available until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
None of the funds appropriated to the National
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used
to process any grant or contract documents which do not
include the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided, That none
of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on
the Arts and the Humanities may be used for official re-
ception and representation expenses: Provided further,
That funds from nonappropriated sources may be used as
necessary for official reception and representation ex-
penses: Provided further, That the Chairperson of the Na-
tional Endowment for the Arts may approve grants up to
$10,000, if in aggregate this amount does not exceed 5
percent of the sums appropriated for grant making pur-
poses per year: Provided further, That such small grant
actions are taken pursuant to the terms of an expressed
and direct delegation of authority from the National Coun-
cil on the Arts to the Chairperson.
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COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses made necessary by the Act establishing
a Commission of Fine Arts (40 U.S.C. 104), $1,255,000:
Provided, That the Commission is authorized to charge
fees to cover the full costs of its publications, and such
fees shall be credited to this account as an offsetting col-
lection, to remain available until expended without further
appropriation.
NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS
For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law
99–190 (20 U.S.C. 956(a)), as amended, $7,000,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
None of the funds appropriated in this or any other
Act, except funds appropriated to the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget, shall be available to study the alteration
or transfer of the National Capital Arts and Cultural Af-
fairs program.
ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on
Historic Preservation (Public Law 89–665, as amended),
$3,667,000: Provided, That none of these funds shall be
available for compensation of level V of the Executive
Schedule or higher positions.
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NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, as authorized by the Na-
tional Capital Planning Act of 1952 (40 U.S.C. 71–71i),
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$7,553,000: Provided, That all appointed members of the
Commission will be compensated at a rate not to exceed
the daily equivalent of the annual rate of pay for positions
at level IV of the Executive Schedule for each day such
member is engaged in the actual performance of duties.
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM
For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as
authorized by Public Law 106–292 (36 U.S.C. 2301–
2310), $38,663,000, of which $1,900,000 for the muse-
um’s repair and rehabilitation program and $1,264,000
for the museum’s exhibitions program shall remain avail-
able until expended.
PRESIDIO TRUST
PRESIDIO TRUST FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out title I of the Om-
nibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996,
$21,327,000 shall be available to the Presidio Trust, to
remain available until expended.
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TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. The expenditure of any appropriation
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited
to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter
of public record and available for public inspection, except
where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex-
isting Executive Order issued pursuant to existing law.
SEC. 302. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be available for any activity or the publica-
tion or distribution of literature that in any way tends to
promote public support or opposition to any legislative
proposal on which congressional action is not complete.
SEC. 303. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 304. None of the funds provided in this Act to
any department or agency shall be obligated or expended
to provide a personal cook, chauffeur, or other personal
servants to any officer or employee of such department
or agency except as otherwise provided by law.
SEC. 305. No assessments may be levied against any
program, budget activity, subactivity, or project funded by
this Act unless advance notice of such assessments and