[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1059 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1059

  To include Alaska Natives in a program for native culture and arts 
                              development.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                May 28 (legislative day, April 19), 1993

 Mr. Stevens (for himself and Mr. Murkowski) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To include Alaska Natives in a program for native culture and arts 
                              development.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as ``Alaska Native Culture and Arts 
Development Act''.

SEC. 2. ALASKA NATIVE ART AND CULTURE.

    Section 1521 of the Higher Education Amendments of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 
4441) is amended to read as follows:

             ``Part B--Native Hawaiians and Alaska Natives

``SEC. 1521. PROGRAM FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE CULTURE AND 
              ARTS DEVELOPMENT.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to 
make grants for the purpose of supporting programs for Native Hawaiian 
or Alaska Native culture and arts development to any private, nonprofit 
organization or institution which--
            ``(1) primarily serves and represents Native Hawaiians or 
        Alaska Natives, and
            ``(2) has been recognized by the Governor of the State of 
        Hawaii or the Governor of the State of Alaska, as appropriate, 
        for the purpose of making such organization or institution 
        eligible to receive such grants.
    ``(b) Purpose of Grants.--Grants made under subsection (a) shall, 
to the extent deemed possible by the Secretary and the recipient of the 
grant, be used--
            ``(1) to provide scholarly study of, and instruction in, 
        Native Hawaiian or Alaska Native art and culture,
            ``(2) to establish programs which culminate in the awarding 
        of degrees in the various fields of Native Hawaiian or Alaska 
        Native art and culture, or
            ``(3) to establish centers and programs with respect to 
        Native Hawaiian or Alaska Native art and culture that are 
        similar in purpose to the centers and programs described in 
        subsections (b) and (c) of section 1510.
    ``(c) Management of Grants.--
            ``(1) Any organization or institution which is the 
        recipient of a grant made under subsection (a) shall establish 
        a governing board to manage and control the program with 
        respect to which such grant is made.
            ``(2) For any grants made with respect to Native Hawaiian 
        art and culture, the members of the governing board which is 
        required to be established under paragraph (1) shall--
                    ``(A) be Native Hawaiians or individuals widely 
                recognized in the field of Native Hawaiian art and 
                culture,
                    ``(B) include a representative of the Office of 
                Hawaiian Affairs of the State of Hawaii,
                    ``(C) include the president of the University of 
                Hawaii,
                    ``(D) include the president of the Bishop Museum, 
                and
                    ``(E) serve for a fixed term of office.
            ``(3) For any grants made with respect to Alaska Native art 
        and culture, the members of the governing board which is 
        required to be established under paragraph (1) shall--
                    ``(A) include Alaska Natives and individuals widely 
                recognized in the field of Alaska Native art and 
                culture,
                    ``(B) represent the Eskimo, Athabascan and Aleut 
                cultures of Alaska, and
                    ``(C) serve for a fixed term.''.

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