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[CITE: 16USC1e]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
                   SUBCHAPTER I--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
 
Sec. 1e. National Capital region arts and cultural affairs; 
        grant program
        
    There is hereby established under the direction of the National Park 
Service a program to support and enhance artistic and cultural 
activities in the National Capital region. Eligibility for grants shall 
be limited to organizations of demonstrated national significance which 
meet at least two of the additional following criteria:
        (1) an annual operating budget in excess of $1,000,000;
        (2) an annual audience or visitation of at least 200,000 people;
        (3) a paid staff of at least one hundred persons; or
        (4) eligibility under the Historic Sites Act of 1935 (16 U.S.C. 
    462(e)).

Public or private colleges and universities are not eligible for grants 
under this program.
    Grants awarded under this section may be used to support general 
operations and maintenance, security, or special projects. No 
organization may receive a grant in excess of $500,000 in a single year.
    The Director of the National Park Service shall establish an 
application process, appoint a review panel of five qualified persons, 
at least a majority of whom reside in the National Capital region, and 
develop other program guidelines and definitions as required.
    The contractual amounts required for the support of Ford's Theater 
and Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts shall be available 
within the amount herein provided without regard to any other provisions 
of this section.

(Pub. L. 98-473, title I, Sec. 101(c) [title I, Sec. 100], Oct. 12, 
1984, 98 Stat. 1837, 1844.)

                       References in Text

    The Historic Sites Act of 1935, referred to in text, which is also 
known as the Historic Sites, Buildings, and Antiquities Act, is act Aug. 
21, 1935, ch. 593, 49 Stat. 666, as amended, which is classified to 
sections 461 to 467 of this title. For complete classification of this 
Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 461 of this 
title and Tables.
