[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 100 Introduced in House (IH)]






104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 100

To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1996 and 1997 to carry out 
the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, and 
                        the Museum Services Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 1995

  Mr. Yates introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
          Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1996 and 1997 to carry out 
the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, and 
                        the Museum Services Act.

    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 the ``Arts, Humanities, and Museums 
Amendments of 1995''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE 
              HUMANITIES ACT OF 1965.

    (a) Modification of Limitation on Use of Federal Funds.--Section 
5(g) of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 954(g)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (4)(C)--
                    (A) by inserting ``(i)'' after ``(C)'', and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(ii) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, the 
amount allotted to a State for the current fiscal year under this 
subsection may not be greater than the amount so allotted to such State 
for the preceding fiscal year if--
            ``(I) the amount of State funds to be expended for such 
        current fiscal year to carry out this subsection is less than 
        the average annual amount expended by such State during the 
        most recent preceding period of 3 fiscal years to carry out 
        this subsection; and
            ``(II) the rate of the reduction in the amount of State 
        funds exceeds the rate of reduction in the aggregate of all 
        general fund expenditures to be made by the State in such 
        current fiscal year.'', and
            (2) in paragraph (5)--
                    (A) by striking ``(5) All'' and inserting ``(5)(A) 
                Except as provided in subparagraph (B), all'', and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(B) All amounts allotted under paragraph (3) that are not made 
available to a State as a result of the operation of subsection 
(g)(4)(C)(ii) shall be allotted to the remaining States in equal 
amounts.''.
    (b) Funds Authorized for Program Grants.--Section 11(a)(1) of the 
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 960(a)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) in clause (i) by striking ``$125,800,000'' and 
                all that follows through ``1995'', and inserting 
                ``$119,985,000 for fiscal year 1995 and such sums as 
                may be necessary for fiscal years 1996 and 1997,''
                    (B) by amending clause (ii) to read as follows:
    ``(ii) Not less than 27.5 percent of the amount appropriated under 
clause (i) for each of the fiscal years 1996 and 1997 shall be for 
carrying out section 5(g).'', and
                    (C) in the first sentence of clause (iii) by 
                striking ``For'' and all that follows through ``year;'' 
                the last place it appears, and inserting ``Not less 
                than 7.5 percent of the amount appropriated under 
                clause (i) for each of the fiscal years 1996 and 
                1997'', and
            (2) in the first sentence of subparagraph (B) by striking 
        ``$119,900,000'' and all that follows through ``1993'', and 
        inserting ``$130,573,000 for fiscal year 1996 and such sums as 
        may be necessary for fiscal year 1997''.
    (c) Funds Authorized To Match Non-Federal Funds Received.--Section 
11(a) of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 960(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) by striking ``1993'' the first place it 
                        appears and inserting ``1996'', and
                            (ii) by striking ``$13,000,000'' and all 
                        that follows through ``1993'', and inserting 
                        ``$16,955,000 for fiscal year 1996 and such 
                        sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 
                        1997'', and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B)--
                            (i) by striking ``1993'' the first place it 
                        appears and inserting ``1996'', and
                            (ii) by striking ``$12,000,000'' and all 
                        that follows through ``1993'', and inserting 
                        ``$11,963,000 for fiscal year 1996 and such 
                        sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 
                        1997'',
            (2) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) by striking ``1993'' the first place it 
                        appears and inserting ``1996'', and
                            (ii) by striking ``$15,000,000'' and all 
                        that follows through ``1993'', and inserting 
                        ``$13,187,000 for fiscal year 1996 and such 
                        sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 
                        1997'', and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B)--
                            (i) by striking ``1993'' the first place it 
                        appears and inserting ``1996'', and
                            (ii) by striking ``$15,150,000'' and all 
                        that follows through ``1993'', and inserting 
                        ``$14,228,000 for fiscal year 1996 and such 
                        sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 
                        1997'', and
            (3) in the last sentence of paragraph (4) by striking 
        ``section 5(l)(2)'' and inserting ``section 5(p)(2)''.
    (d) Funds Authorized for Administration of Programs of the National 
Endowments.--Section 11(c) of the National Foundation on the Arts and 
the Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 960(c)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ``$21,200,000'' and all 
        that follows through ``1993'', and inserting ``$24,466,000 for 
        fiscal year 1996 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
        year 1997'', and
            (2) in paragraph (2) by striking ``$17,950,000'' and all 
        that follows through ``1993'', and inserting ``$20,727,000 for 
        fiscal year 1996 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
        year 1997''.
    (e) Limitations on Total Appropriations Authorized.--Section 11(d) 
of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 960(d)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ``exceed'' and all that 
        follows through the period at the end, and inserting ``exceed 
        $174,593,000 for fiscal year 1996.'', and
            (2) in paragraph (2) by striking ``exceed'' and all that 
        follows through the period at the end, and inserting ``exceed 
        $177,491,000 for fiscal year 1996.''.
    (f) Investigation and Report.--Not later than September 30, 1995, 
the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts shall--
            (1) conduct an investigation of State compliance with 
        section 5(g)(4)(C)(i) of the National Foundation on the Arts 
        and the Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 954(g)(4)(C)(i)), and
            (2) submit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives 
        and the President pro tempore, a report containing--
                    (A) the results of such investigation, and
                    (B) any information and recommendations as the 
                Chairperson considers to be appropriate.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE MUSEUM SERVICES ACT.

    Section 209 of the Museum Services Act (20 U.S.C. 967) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a) by striking ``$24,000,000'' and all 
        that follows through ``1993'', and inserting ``$28,777,000 for 
        fiscal year 1996 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
        year 1997'', and
            (2) in subsection (d) by striking ``1993'' and inserting 
        ``1997''.
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