 
   CHAPTER 26--SUPPORT AND SCHOLARSHIP IN HUMANITIES AND ARTS; MUSEUM 
                                SERVICES
 
    SUBCHAPTER I--NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
 
Sec. 951. Declaration of findings and purposes

    The Congress finds and declares the following:
        (1) The arts and the humanities belong to all the people of the 
    United States.
        (2) The encouragement and support of national progress and 
    scholarship in the humanities and the arts, while primarily a matter 
    for private and local initiative, are also appropriate matters of 
    concern to the Federal Government.
        (3) An advanced civilization must not limit its efforts to 
    science and technology alone, but must give full value and support 
    to the other great branches of scholarly and cultural activity in 
    order to achieve a better understanding of the past, a better 
    analysis of the present, and a better view of the future.
        (4) Democracy demands wisdom and vision in its citizens. It must 
    therefore foster and support a form of education, and access to the 
    arts and the humanities, designed to make people of all backgrounds 
    and wherever located masters of their technology and not its 
    unthinking servants.
        (5) It is necessary and appropriate for the Federal Government 
    to complement, assist, and add to programs for the advancement of 
    the humanities and the arts by local, State, regional, and private 
    agencies and their organizations. In doing so, the Government must 
    be sensitive to the nature of public sponsorship. Public funding of 
    the arts and humanities is subject to the conditions that 
    traditionally govern the use of public money. Such funding should 
    contribute to public support and confidence in the use of taxpayer 
    funds. Public funds provided by the Federal Government must 
    ultimately serve public purposes the Congress defines.
        (6) The arts and the humanities reflect the high place accorded 
    by the American people to the nation's rich cultural heritage and to 
    the fostering of mutual respect for the diverse beliefs and values 
    of all persons and groups.
        (7) The practice of art and the study of the humanities require 
    constant dedication and devotion. While no government can call a 
    great artist or scholar into existence, it is necessary and 
    appropriate for the Federal Government to help create and sustain 
    not only a climate encouraging freedom of thought, imagination, and 
    inquiry but also the material conditions facilitating the release of 
    this creative talent.
        (8) The world leadership which has come to the United States 
    cannot rest solely upon superior power, wealth, and technology, but 
    must be solidly founded upon worldwide respect and admiration for 
    the Nation's high qualities as a leader in the realm of ideas and of 
    the spirit.
        (9) Americans should receive in school, background and 
    preparation in the arts and humanities to enable them to recognize 
    and appreciate the aesthetic dimensions of our lives, the diversity 
    of excellence that comprises our cultural heritage, and artistic and 
    scholarly expression.
        (10) It is vital to a democracy to honor and preserve its 
    multicultural artistic heritage as well as support new ideas, and 
    therefore it is essential to provide financial assistance to its 
    artists and the organizations that support their work.
        (11) To fulfill its educational mission, achieve an orderly 
    continuation of free society, and provide models of excellence to 
    the American people, the Federal Government must transmit the 
    achievement and values of civilization from the past via the present 
    to the future, and make widely available the greatest achievements 
    of art.
        (12) In order to implement these findings and purposes, it is 
    desirable to establish a National Foundation on the Arts and the 
    Humanities.

(Pub. L. 89-209, Sec. 2, Sept. 29, 1965, 79 Stat. 845; Pub. L. 91-346, 
Sec. 2, July 20, 1970, 84 Stat. 443; Pub. L. 93-133, Sec. 2(a)(1), Oct. 
19, 1973, 87 Stat. 462; renumbered title I, Sec. 2, and amended Pub. L. 
98-306, Secs. 2, 3, May 31, 1984, 98 Stat. 223; renumbered Sec. 2 and 
amended Pub. L. 99-194, title I, Secs. 101(1), 102, Dec. 20, 1985, 99 
Stat. 1332; Pub. L. 101-512, title III, Sec. 318 [title I, Sec. 101], 
Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1960, 1961.)


                               Amendments

    1990--Pub. L. 101-512 amended section generally, substituting 
provisions relating to declaration of findings and purposes consisting 
of pars. (1) to (12) for provisions relating to declaration of purpose 
consisting of cls. (1) to (9).
    1985--Cl. (2). Pub. L. 99-194, Sec. 102(1), struck out ``man's'' 
before ``scholarly and cultural activity''.
    Cl. (3). Pub. L. 99-194, Sec. 102(2), inserted ``, and access to the 
arts and the humanities,'' after ``form of education'' and substituted 
``people of all backgrounds and wherever located'' for ``men''.
    Cls. (8), (9). Pub. L. 99-194, Sec. 102(3)-(5), added cl. (8) and 
redesignated former cl. (8) as (9).
    1984--Cls. (6) to (8). Pub. L. 98-306, Sec. 3, added cl. (6) and 
redesignated former cls. (6) and (7) as (7) and (8), respectively.
    1973--Cl. (7). Pub. L. 93-133 struck out provisions relating to 
strengthening the responsibilities of the Office of Education with 
respect to education in the arts and the humanities.
    1970--Cl. (2). Pub. L. 91-346 inserted ``in order to achieve a 
better understanding of the past, a better analysis of the present, and 
a better view of the future''.


                    Effective Date of 1990 Amendment

    Section 318 [title IV, Sec. 403] of Pub. L. 101-512 provided that:
    ``(a) General Effective Date.--Except as provided in subsection (b), 
this Act [probably means section, see Short Title of 1990 Amendment note 
below] and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on October 
1, 1990.
    ``(b) Special Effective Date.--The amendments made by sections 110, 
204, and 301 [amending sections 960, 967, and 974 of this title] shall 
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 5, 1990] or 
October 1, 1990, whichever is earlier.''


                    Effective Date of 1973 Amendment

    Section 2(b) of Pub. L. 93-133 provided that: ``The amendments made 
by subsection (a) [amending this section and sections 952 and 954 to 960 
of this title and repealing sections 962 and 963 of this title] shall be 
effective on and after July 1, 1973.''


                      Short Title of 1990 Amendment

    Section 318 of Pub. L. 101-512 provided that: ``This section 
[enacting sections 954a and 969 of this title, amending this section, 
sections 952, 954, 955, 956, 958, 959, 960, 963, 964, 965, 967, and 974 
of this title, and section 5315 of Title 5, Government Organization and 
Employees, and enacting notes under this section and section 954 of this 
title] may be cited as the `Arts, Humanities, and Museums Amendments of 
1990'.''


                      Short Title of 1985 Amendment

    Section 1 of Pub. L. 99-194 provided that: ``This Act [enacting 
section 177 of title 2, The Congress, amending this section and sections 
952 to 955, 956, 957, 958 to 960, 963, 964, 967, 971, 972, and 974 of 
this title, enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 954 and 
972 of this title, and amending provisions set out as a note under this 
section] may be cited as the `Arts, Humanities, and Museums Amendments 
of 1985'.''


                      Short Title of 1984 Amendment

    Section 1 of Pub. L. 98-306 provided that: ``This Act [enacting 
section 955b of this title and section 310 of Title 25, Indians, 
amending this section and sections 952 to 955, 956, 957, 958 to 960, 
962, 963, 964, and 967 of this title, amending provisions set out as a 
note under this section and repealing provisions set out as notes under 
sections 960 and 967 of this title] may be cited as the `National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act Amendments of 1983'.''


                      Short Title of 1980 Amendment

    Pub. L. 96-496, Sec. 1, Dec. 4, 1980, 94 Stat. 2583, provided that: 
``This Act [amending sections 952, 954, 955, 956, 957, 958 to 960, 962, 
963, 964, 965, 967, 974, and 3473 of this title] may be cited as the 
`Arts and Humanities Act of 1980'.''


                      Short Title of 1976 Amendment

    Pub. L. 94-462, Sec. 1, Oct. 8, 1976, 90 Stat. 1971, provided: 
``That this Act [enacting sections 961 to 968 of this title, amending 
sections 954, 955, 956, 957, 958, 960, and 1867 of this title, and 
enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 956, 960, and 961 of 
this title] may be cited as the `Arts, Humanities, and Cultural Affairs 
Act of 1976'.''


                      Short Title of 1973 Amendment

    Section 1 of Pub. L. 93-133 provided: ``That this Act [amending this 
section and sections 351a, 952, 954, 955, 956, 957, and 958 to 960 of 
this title, repealing sections 962 and 963 of this title, and enacting 
provisions set out as notes under this section and section 351a of this 
title] may be cited as the `National Foundation on the Arts and the 
Humanities Amendments of 1973'.''


                      Short Title of 1970 Amendment

    Section 1 of Pub. L. 91-346 provided: ``That this Act [amending this 
section and sections 952, 954, 955, 956, 957, and 958 to 960 of this 
title, repealing sections 781 to 788 and 790 of this title, and enacting 
provisions set out as notes under section 955 of this title and section 
781 of this title] may be cited as `The National Foundation on the Arts 
and the Humanities Amendments of 1970'.''


                               Short Title

    Section 1 of Pub. L. 89-209, as renumbered title I, Sec. 1, and 
amended by Pub. L. 98-306, Sec. 2, May 31, 1984, 98 Stat. 223; 
renumbered Sec. 1 and amended by Pub. L. 99-194, title I, Sec. 101, Dec. 
20, 1985, 99 Stat. 1332, provided that: ``This Act [enacting this 
subchapter, amending sections 784 to 786 of this title, repealing 
section 789 of this title, and enacting provisions formerly set out as a 
note under section 785 of this title] may be cited as the `National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965'.''


  Sense of Congress Regarding Purchase of American-Made Equipment and 
                                Products

    Section 318 [title IV, Secs. 401, 402] of Pub. L. 101-512 provided 
that:
``SEC. 401. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
    ``It is the sense of the Congress that a recipient (including a 
nation, individual, group, or organization) of any form of subsidy, aid, 
or other Federal assistance under the Acts amended by this Act [probably 
means this section, see Short Title of 1990 Amendment note above] 
should, in expending that assistance, purchase American-made equipment 
and products.
``SEC. 402. NOTICE.
    ``Any entity that provides a form of subsidy, aid, or other Federal 
assistance under the Acts amended by this Act shall provide to each 
recipient of such form of subsidy, aid, or other Federal assistance a 
notice describing the sense of the Congress stated under section 401.''


                 1979 White House Conference on the Arts

    Pub. L. 95-272, title I, Secs. 101-109, May 3, 1978, 92 Stat. 222-
224, called for a White House Conference on the Arts to be held no later 
than Dec. 31, 1979, to help develop a climate in which the arts can 
flourish and to formulate recommendations relating to the appropriate 
growth of the arts in all parts of the Nation, established a National 
Conference Planning Council on the Arts to provide guidance and planning 
for the Conference, directed the Council to submit a report of the 
Conference to the President and to the Congress no later than 180 days 
following the date on which the Conference was called, and provided the 
Council cease to exist 180 days, unless extended by the President, but 
in no event to exceed one year, after submission of the report.


              1979 White House Conference on the Humanities

    Pub. L. 95-272, title II, Secs. 201-209, May 3, 1978, 92 Stat. 224-
226, called for a White House Conference on the Humanities to be held no 
later than Dec. 31, 1979, to help develop a climate in which the 
humanities can flourish and to formulate recommendations relating to the 
appropriate growth of the humanities in all parts of the Nation, 
established a National Planning Council on the Humanities to provide 
guidance and planning for the Conference, directed the Council to submit 
a report of the Conference to the President and to the Congress no later 
than 180 days following the date on which the Conference was called, and 
provided the Council cease to exist 180 days, unless extended by the 
President, but in no event to exceed one year, after submission of the 
report.

                        Executive Order No. 12275

    Ex. Ord. No. 12275, Jan. 16, 1981, 46 F.R. 5857, which established 
the Design Liaison Council and provided for its membership, functions, 
etc., was revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 12379, Sec. 10, Aug. 17, 1982, 47 F.R. 
36099, set out as a note under section 14 of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and 
Employees.
