An Act to amend the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, and for other purposes.
PL 93-133 (S.795), enacted 10/19/1973

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SEC. 2. The fifth sentence of section 104(a) of the Micronesian ^j^j^^"*"'°^ 
Claims Act of 1971 (50 App. U.S.C. 2019c(a)) is amended to read as "" ITsiat. 94. 
follows: "As claims are adjudicated, the Commission shall certify 
them to the Secretary for payment in such manner as he may direct." 
Approved October 19, 1973. 
Public Law 93-132 
A N A C T 
October 19, 1973 
To provide for the striking of medals in commemoration of .Tim Thorpe. 
[H. R. 4507] 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That in recognition 
Ji'" Thorpe. 
of the outstanding achievements of Jim Thorpe as an athlete and as med^^^^°^^ ^°" 
a great American, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to strike 
and furnish to the Jim Thorpe Memorial-Oklahoma Athletic Hall of 
Fame Commission not more than one hundred thousand medals with 
suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions to be determined by the 
Secretary, after consultation with the commission. The medals, which 
may be disposed of by the commission at a premium, shall be delivered 
at such times as may be required by the commission in quantities of 
not less than two thousand. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Treasury shall cause such medals to 
cost. 
be struck and furnished at not less than the estimated cost of manu-
facture, including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and over-
head expenses, and security satisfactory to the Director of the Mint 
shall be furnished to indemnify the United States for the full pay-
ment of such costs. 
SEC. 3. The medals authorized to be struck and delivered under this 
size. 
Act shall be of such size or sizes and of such various metals as shall 
be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury in consultation with 
the commission. 
SEC. 4. No medals shall be made under the authority of this Act 
Expiration o
f 
after December 31, 1974. 
authority. 
SEC. 5. At the option of the commission, the Secretary may release 
the dies to a private manufacturer for production of some or all of the 
medals authorized under this Act. 
SEC. 6. The medals, whether produced by the Secretary or by a pri-
vate manufacturer from dies prepared by the Department of the 
Treasury, shall be considered to be national medals within the meaning 
of section 3551 of the Kevised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 368). 
Approved October 19, 1973. 
Public Law 93-133 
A N A C T 
October 19, 1973 
To amend the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 
l^s. 795] 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America m Congress assembled. That this Act may National F^^'un-^ 
be cited as the "National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities and°the° Hunfani- ^ 
Amendments of 1973". 
ties Amendments 
of 1973. 
20 u s e 952. 
National Endow-
ment for the Arts 
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PUBLIC LAW 93-133-OCT. 19, 1973 
[87 STAT. 
AMENDMENTS TO THE 
NATIONAL FOUNDATION 
ON T H E ARTS AND 
T H E 
H U M A N I T I E S ACT OF 19 65 
SEC. 2. (a) The National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities 
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-^^ct of 1965 is amended in the following respects: 
note. 
(1) Clause (7) of section 2 of such Act is amended by striking out all 
that appears after "a National Foundation on the Arts and the 
Humanities" and inserting in lieu thereof a period. 
(2) Subsection (d) of section 3 of such Act is amended by striking 
out ", purchase, renovation, or construction" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "or purchase", and by adding at the end thereof the follow-
ing new sentence: "Such term also includes— 
"(1) the renovation of facilities if (A) the amount of the 
expenditure of Federal funds for such purpose in the case of any 
project does not exceed $250,000, or (B) two-thirds of the mem-
bers of the National Council on the Arts (who are present and 
voting) approve of the grant or contract involving an expenditure 
for such purpose; and 
"(2) the construction of facilities if (A) such construction is 
for demonstration purposes or under unusual circumstances where 
there is no other manner in which to accomplish an artistic pur-
pose, and (B) two-thirds of the members of the National Council 
on the Arts (who are present and voting) approve of the grant or 
contract involving an expenditure for such purpose.". 
(3) (A) That part of subsection (c) of section 5 of such Act which 
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precedes clause (1) is amended by striking out "the Federal Council 
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Qj^ ^Yie Arts and the Humanities and". 
(B) In clauses (1) and (2) of such subsection (c) such Act is 
amended by striking out "production" each time it appears and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "projects and productions"; and, in clause (3) of 
such subsection, such Act is amended by striking out "projects" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "projects and productions". 
(C) Clause (2) of such subsection (c) is further amended by strik-
ing out "in many areas of the country" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"for geographic or economic reasons". 
(D) Clause (5) of such subsection (c) is amended by striking out 
"and planning in the arts" and inserting in lieu thereof ", planning, 
and publications relating to the purposes of this subsection". 
(E) Such subsection (c) is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following new sentence: "In the case of publications under clause (5) 
of this subsection such publications may be supported without regard 
82 Stat. 1243. 
for the provisions of section 501 of title 44, United States Code, only if 
the Chairman consults with the Joint Committee on Printing of the 
Congress and the Chairman submits to the Committee on Labor and 
Public Welfare of the Senate and the Committee on Education and 
Labor of the House of Eepresentatives a report justifying any exemp-
tion from such section 501.". 
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('^) ('^) Paragraph (1) of subsection (g) of section 5 of such Act is 
84 Stat. 443. ' 
Emended by striking out "the Federal Council on the Arts and the 
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Humanities and". 
(B) That part of paragraph (2) which precedes clause (A) of such 
subsection (g) is amended (i) by striking out "such assistance" and 
inserting in neu thereof "assistance under this subsection" and (ii) by 
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striking out "prior to the first day of such fiscal year" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "at such time as shall be specified by the Chairman". 
(C) Clause (B) of paragraph (2) of such subsection (g) is 8/sta!^443'!^' 
amended by striking out "except that in the case of the first fiscal year 
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in which the State is allotted funds after the enactment of this Act, a 
plan may provide that not to exceed $25,000 of such funds may be 
expended to conduct a study to plan the development of a State agency 
in the State and to establish such an agency;". 
(D) Such subsection (g) is amended by striking out paragraphs (3) 
and (4) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
" (3) Of the sums available to carry out this subsection for any fiscal 
year, each State which has a plan approved by the Chairman snail be 
allotted at least $200,000. If the sums appropriated are insufficient to 
make the allotments under the preceding sentence in full, such sums 
shall be allotted among such States in equal amounts. In any case 
where the sums available to carry out this subsection for any fiscal 
year are in excess of the amount required to make the allotments 
under the first sentence of this paragraph— 
"(A) the amount of such excess which is no greater than 25 per 
centum of the sums available to carry out this subsection for any 
fiscal year shall be available only to the Chairman for making 
grants under this subsection to States and regional groups, and 
"(B) the amount of such excess, if any, which remains after 
reserving in full for the Chairman the amount required under 
clause (A) shall be allotted among the States which have plans 
approved by the Chairman in equal amounts 
but in no event shall any State be allotted less than $200,000. 
"(4) (A) The amount of any allotment made under paragraph (3) 
for any fiscal year which exceeds $125,000 shall be available, at the 
discretion of the Chairman, to pay up to 100 per centum of such cost 
of projects and productions if such project and productions would 
otherwise be unavailable to the residents of that State: Provided^ That 
the total amount of any such allotment for any fiscal year which is 
exempted from such 50 per centum limitation shall not exceed 20 per 
centum of the total of such allotment for such fiscal year. 
"(B) Any amount allotted to a State under the first sentence of 
paragraph (3) for any fiscal year which is not obligated by the State 
prior to 60 days prior to the end of the fiscal year for which such sums 
are appropriated shall be available for making grants to regional 
groups. 
"(C) Funds made available under this subsection shall not be used 
to supplant non-Federal funds. 
"(D) For the purpose of paragraph (3) and paragraph (4) of this 
"Regional 
section the term 'regional group' means any multistate group, whether ^""""P-" 
or not representative of contiguous States." 
(E) Paragraph (5) of such subsection (g) is amended by inserting 
after "allotted" the following: "or made available". 
(5) Subsection (f) of section 6 of such Act is amended, in the third 
National coun-
sentence thereof— 
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(A) by striking out "$10,000" and inserting in lieu thereof recommendation. 
"$17,500'^ and 
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(B) by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting 
in lieu thereof the following: "; Provided^ That the terms of any 
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187 STAT. 
Post, p. 465. 
National Endow-
ment for the Hu-
manities. 
79 Stat. 850. 
20 u s e 956. 
84 Stat. 445. 
82 Stat. 1243. 
National Coun-
cil on the Hu-
manities, grants 
without recom-
mendation. 
82 Stat. 185. 
20 u s e 957. 
Post, p. 465. 
Federal Council 
on the Arts and 
the Humanities, 
membership. 
79 Stat. 851; 
84 Stat. 446. 
20 u s e 958. 
such delegation of authority shall not permit obligations for 
expenditure of funds under such delegation for any fiscal year-
which exceed an amount equal to 10 per centum of the sums appro-
priated for that fiscal year pursuant to subparagraph (A) of 
paragraph (1) of section 11(a).". 
(6) (A) That part of subsection (c) of section 7 of such Act which 
precedes clause (1) is amended by striking out "the Federal Council 
on the Arts and the Humanities and". 
(B) Clause (2) of such subsection is amended by adding at the end 
thereof the following: "any loans made by the Endowment shall be 
made in accordance with terms and conditions approved by the Secre-
tary of the Treasury;". 
(C) Clause (6) of such subsection (c) is amended by striking out all 
that follows "the humanities" and inserting in lieu thereof a period. 
(D) Such subsection (c) is amended by striking out "and" at the end 
of paragraph (5), by striking out the period at the end of paragraph 
(6) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and the word "and", and 
by adding after paragraph (6) the following new paragraph: 
"(7) insure that the benefit of its programs will also be avail-
able to our citizens where such programs would otherwise be 
unavailable due to geographic or economic reasons." 
(E) Such subsection (c) is further amended by adding at the end 
thereof the following new sentence: "In the case of publications under 
clause (6) of this subsection such publications may be supported with-
out regard for the provisions of section 501 of title 44, United States 
Code, only if the Chairman consults with the Joint Committee on 
Printing of the Congress and the Chairman submits to the Committee 
on Labor and Public Welfare of the Senate and the Committee on 
Education and Labor of the House of Eepresentatives a report justi-
fying any exemption from such section 501.". 
(7) Subsection (f) of section 8 of such Act is amended, in the third 
sentence thereof— 
(A) by striking out "$10,000" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"$17,500,"; and 
(B) by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting 
in lieu thereof the following: " : Provided, That the terms of any 
such delegation of authority shall not permit obligations for 
expenditure of funds under such delegation for any fiscal year 
which exceed an amount equal to 10 per centum of the sums appro-
priated for that fiscal year pursuant to subparagraph (B) of 
paragraph (1) of section 11(a).". 
(8) Section 9 (b) of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
"(b) The Council shall be composed of the Chairman of the National 
Endowment for the Arts, the Chairman of the National Endowment 
for the Humanities, the United States Commissioner of Education, 
the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the Director of the 
National Science Foundation, the Librarian of Congress, the Director 
of the National Gallery of Art. the Chairman of the Commission of 
Fine Arts, the Archivist of the United States, the Commissioner. 
Public Buildings Service, General Services Administration, a mem-
ber designated by the Secretary of State, and a member designated by 
the Secretary of the Interior, a member designated by the Chairman 
of the Senate Commission on Art and Antiquities, and a member 
designated by the Speaker of the House. The President shall designate 
the Chairman of the Council from among the members. The President 
is authorized to change the membership of the Council from time to 
time as he deems necessary to meet changes in Federal programs or 
executive branch organization.". 
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(9) Clause (2) of subsection (a) of section 10 of such Act is iunended 
Gifts. 
by inserting after ''purposes of the gift" the following: '', except that 
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a Chairman may receive a gift witnout a recommendation from the 
Council to provide support for any application or project which can 
be approved wdthout Council recommendation under the provisions 
of sections 6(f) and 8(f), and may receive a gift of $15,()()(), or less, ^g^"'^' P^- '*^^' 
without Council recommendation in the event the Council fails to 
provide such recommendation within a reasonable period of time". 
(10) Clause (4) of subsection (a) of section 10 is amended by delet- ^ ^Lat^'is^^^' 
ing the semicolon at the end thereof and by inserting in lieu thereof 
the following: ": Provided, 
howeaer. That any advisory panel 
appointed to review or make recommendations with respect to the 
approval of applications or projects for funding shall have broad 
geographic representation;''. 
(11) Section 11 of such Act is amended by striking out subsections ^2\^at^\ii^^' 
(a) and (b) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
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"SEC. 11. (a) (1) (A) For the purpose of carrying out section 5(c). 
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there are authorized to be appropriated to the National Endowment 
for the Arts, $54,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, 
$90,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $118,500,000 
for the fiscal year ending June 80,1976. For the purpose of carrying out 
section 5(g), there are authorized to be appropriated to the National 
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Endowment for the Arts $11,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1974. Not less than 20 per centum of the funds appropriated under the 
first sentence of this paragraph for the fiscal years ending June 30, 
1975, and June 80, 1976, may be used only for the purpose of carry-
ing out section 5(g). 
"(B) For the purposes of carrying out section 7(c). there are 
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authorized to be appropriated to the National P^ndowment for the 
Humanities $65,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1974, 
$90,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $118,500,000 
for the fiscal year ending June 80,1976. 
"(2) There are authorized to be appropriated for- each fiscal yeai-
ending prior to July 1, 1976, to the National Endowment for the Arts 
and to the National Endowment for the Humanities, an amount equal 
to the total amounts received by each Endowment under section 10(a) 
(2), except that the amount so appropriated for any fiscal year shall 
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not exceed the following limitations: 
" (A) For the fiscal year ending June 30,1974, $15,000,000. 
"(B) For the fiscal year ending June 80, 1975, $20,000,000. 
"(C) For the fiscal year ending June 80, 1976, $25,000,000. 
"(b) (1) Sums appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) for any fis-
cal year shall remain available for obligation and expenditui-e until 
expended. 
"(2) In order to afford adequate notice to interested persons of avail-
able assistance under this Act, appropriations authorized undei' 
subsection (a) are authorized to be included in the measure making-
appropriations for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for- which 
such appropriations become available for obligation.". 
(12) Sections 13 and 14 of such Act are i-epealed. 
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(b) The amendments made bv subsection (a) shall be effectiA^e on 
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and after July 1,1973. 
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Effective date. 
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SEC. 3. Section 7(d) of the National Foundation on the Arts and the 
Humanities Act of 1965 is amended by adding after the phrase "Fed-
eral programs" a comma and then the words "designated State 
humanities agencies". 
79 Stat. 850. 
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[87 STAT. 
70 Stat. 293. 
20 u s e 351a. 
Effective date. 
AMENDMENT TO THE LIBRARY SERVICES CONSTRUCTION ACT, INCLUDING 
RESEARCH LIBRARIES IN THE DEFINITION 
OF "PUBLIC 
LIBRARY" 
SEC. 4. (a) Section 3(5) of the Library Services and Construction 
Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sen-
tence: "Such term also includes a research library, which, for the 
pui'poses of this sentence, means a library which— 
"(A) makes its services available to the public free of charge; 
"(B) has extensive collections of books, manuscripts, and other 
materials suitable for scholarly research which are not available 
to the public through public libraries; 
"(C) engages in the dissemination of humanistic knowledge 
through services to readers, fellowships, educational and cultural 
programs, publication of significant research, and other activi-
ties ; and 
"(D) is not an integral part of an institution of higher educa-
tion.", 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be effective on 
June 30,1973, and only with respect to appropriations for fiscal years 
beginning after such date. 
Approved October 19, 1973. 
October 19, 1973 
[S.1016] 
Public Law 93-134 
AN ACT 
To provide for the use or distribution of funds appropriated in satisfaction of 
certain judgments of the Indian Claims Commission and tlie Court of Claims, 
and for other purposes. 
Indians. 
Judgment funds, 
distribution. 
Plan, submittal 
to Congress. 
Extension re-
quest, submittal 
to congressional 
committees. 
Notification. 
Be it enacted hy the Seriate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwithstand-
ing any other law, all use or distribution of funds appropriated in 
satisfaction of a judgment of the Indian Claims Commission or the 
Court of Claims in favor of any Indian tribe, band, group, pueblo, or 
community (hereinafter referred to as "Indian tribe"), together with 
any interest earned thereon, after payment of attorney fees and litiga-
tion expenses, shall be made pursuant to the provisions of this Act. 
SEC. 2. (a) Within one hundred and eighty days after the appropria-
tion of funds to pay a judgment of the Indian Claims Commission or 
the Court of Claims to any Indian tribe, the Secretary of the Interior 
(hereinafter referred to as the "Secretary") shall prepare and submit 
to the Congress a plan for the use or distribution of such funds: 
Provided, hoioever, That with respect to judgments for which funds 
have been appropriated and for which legislation authorizing use or 
distribution has not been enacted prior to enactment of this Act, the 
one hundred and eighty-day period shall begin upon the date of enact-
ment of this Act. In any case where the Secretary determines that the 
circumstances do not permit the preparation and submission of a plan 
as provided in this Act, he shall submit, within such one hundred and 
eighty-day period, proposed legislation as provided in section o(b). 
(b) An extension of the one hundred and eighty-day period, not 
to exceed ninety days, may be requested by the Secretary or by the 
affected Indian tribe submitting such request to the committees 
through the Secretary, and any such request will be subject to the 
approval of both the Senate and House of Representatives Committees 
on Interior and Insular Affairs. 
(c) The Secretary shall notify the affected Indian tribe on the date 
of submission of such plan and provide it with a copy thereof.