[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3491 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3491

           To repeal the American Folklife Preservation Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 16, 1996

  Mr. Thomas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on House Oversight

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                                 A BILL


 
           To repeal the American Folklife Preservation Act.

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

SECTION 1. REPEAL OF AMERICAN FOLKLIFE PRESERVATION ACT.

    Effective October 1, 1996--
            (1) the American Folklife Center (including the Board of 
        Trustees of the Center) in the Library of Congress is abolished 
        and the American Folklife Preservation Act (20 U.S.C. 2101 et 
        seq.) is repealed; and
            (2) the Librarian of Congress shall, with respect to 
        American folklife, carry out the functions of collection, 
        preservation, reference, and archiving as part of the general 
        operations of the Library.

SEC. 2. TRANSITION PROVISIONS.

    (a) In General.--To carry out section 1, the Librarian of Congress 
shall, in accordance with applicable law--
            (1) terminate contracts, dispose of property, and conclude 
        the outstanding affairs of the American Folklife Center; and
            (2) handle all other administrative matters in consequence 
        of the repeal under section 1, including matters affecting 
        personnel, assets, liabilities, and records.
    (b) Unexpended Balances.--Any balance of unexpended funds remaining 
on October 1, 1996, with respect to the Act repealed by section 1 shall 
be available until September 30, 1997, to liquidate outstanding 
obligations. Effective October 1, 1997, any unexpended balance 
remaining shall be deposited in the Treasury, to be used for deficit 
reduction.
    (c) Reports.--Beginning in November 1996, the Librarian of Congress 
shall, not later than the end of each month, submit to the Committee on 
House Oversight of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Rules and Administration of the Senate an itemized report of the 
disposition of unexpended balances under subsection (b) for the 
preceding month. The last such report shall be submitted not later than 
the end of October 1997 and shall contain a statement of the deposit in 
the Treasury under the third sentence of subsection (b).
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