[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[H.R. 2156 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2156

   To provide financial assistance, directly and through States, to 
  support jointly with government entities, educational institutions, 
 businesses, and nonprofit public and private entities, opportunities 
for the people of the United States to participate in the arts and the 
   humanities; and to increase understanding and appreciation of the 
                cultural heritage of the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 11, 1997

  Mr. Regula introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide financial assistance, directly and through States, to 
  support jointly with government entities, educational institutions, 
 businesses, and nonprofit public and private entities, opportunities 
for the people of the United States to participate in the arts and the 
   humanities; and to increase understanding and appreciation of the 
                cultural heritage of the United States.

    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 ``Cultural Education Enhancement Act 
of 1997''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT.

    The National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 951 et seq.) is amended to read as follows:

``SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    ``This Act may be cited as the `American Heritage Administration 
Act of 1997'.

``SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    ``The Congress finds the following:
            ``(1) The encouragement and support of national progress 
        and scholarship in cultural education, while primarily matters 
        for local initiative, are also appropriate matters of concern 
        to the Government.
            ``(2) It is necessary and appropriate for the Government to 
        complement, assist, and operate programs for the advancement of 
        cultural education, and creative and critical thinking, by 
        local, State, nonprofit public and private agencies and 
        organizations.
            ``(3) The people of the United States should receive in 
        school, background and preparation in the arts and humanities 
        to enable them to recognize and appreciate the aesthetic 
        dimensions of their lives and the diversity that comprises the 
        cultural heritage of the United States.

``SEC. 3. PURPOSE OF ACT.

    ``The purpose of this Act is to provide financial assistance for 
the following uses:
            ``(1) To encourage public knowledge, understanding, and 
        appreciation of the diverse cultural heritage of the United 
        States.
            ``(2) To promote excellence in instruction and in 
        scholarship, in the arts and the humanities.
            ``(3) To increase collaboration with Federal, State, and 
        local humanities, arts, and education agencies, with arts 
        education organizations, and with other sectors of society, to 
        advance cultural education.
            ``(4) To enhance the skills and to support the 
        collaboration of artists, historians, teachers, and education 
        administrators involved in arts education and humanities 
        education, and to encourage cooperation among the members of 
        the arts community and among members of the humanities 
        community.
            ``(5) To increase accessibility to the arts and the 
        humanities by providing education and instruction to all the 
        people of the United States.
            ``(6) To foster the development of demonstration projects, 
        demonstration productions, and demonstration workshops in arts 
        education and in humanities education, to collect information 
        on their implementation and effectiveness, and to make such 
        information available to the public.
            ``(7) To initiate and support research to improve teaching 
        and education in the arts and the humanities.
            ``(8) To support the development of teachers and education 
        administrators in order to improve their ability to provide 
        sequential arts education and humanities education.

``SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF AMERICAN HERITAGE ADMINISTRATION.

    ``(a) Establishment.--There is established in the executive branch 
an American Heritage Administration (referred to in this Act as the 
`Administration').
    ``(b) Head of the Administration.--
            ``(1) Appointment.--The Administration shall be headed by a 
        director, to be known as the Director of the American Heritage 
        Administration (referred to in this Act as the `Director') who 
        shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and 
        consent of the Senate.
            ``(2) Term of Office.--The term of office of the Director 
        shall be 4 years, except that, on the expiration of such term 
        of office, the Director may serve until the Director's 
successor is appointed and has qualified. The Director shall be 
eligible for reappointment.
    ``(c) General Powers.--The Director may--
            ``(1) receive money and other property donated, bequeathed, 
        or devised to the Administration, with or without a condition 
        or restriction, including a condition that the Director use 
        other funds of the Administration for the purposes of the gift, 
        and use, sell, or otherwise dispose of such property for the 
        purpose of carrying out sections 5,
            ``(2) appoint employees, subject to the civil service laws, 
        as necessary to carry out this Act,
            ``(3) use experts and consultants, including panels of 
        experts, who may be employed as authorized by section 3109 of 
        title 5, United States Code,
            ``(4) accept and use the services of volunteers who are not 
        compensated for such services and reimburse such volunteers for 
        travel expenses, including per diem, to the same extent as 
        authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, for 
        persons in the Government service serving intermittently 
        without compensation,
            ``(5) make advance, progress, and other payments without 
        regard to section 3324 of title 31, United States Code,
            ``(6) rent office space in the District of Columbia, and
            ``(7) make other necessary expenditures to carry out this 
        Act.
    ``(d) Issuance of Rules.--The Director shall issue rules to carry 
out this Act, including rules to provide for the distribution of 
financial assistance to recipients in installments except in those 
cases in which the Director determines that installment payments are 
not practicable. In implementing any system of installment payments, 
the Director shall ensure that--
            ``(1) not more than \2/3\ of such assistance may be 
        provided at the time such application for such assistance is 
        approved, and
            ``(2) the remainder of such assistance may not be provided 
        until the Director determines that the recipient of such 
        assistance is complying substantially with this Act, and with 
        the conditions under which such assistance is provided to such 
        recipient.
    ``(e) Coordination of Programs.--The Director shall--
            ``(1) coordinate the programs of the Administration insofar 
        as practicable, with existing Federal programs and with 
        programs undertaken by other public and private agencies and 
        organizations, and
            ``(2) develop the programs of the Administration with due 
        regard to the contribution to the objectives of this Act that 
        can be made by other Federal agencies under existing programs.
    ``(f) Interagency Agreements.--The Director may enter into 
interagency agreements to promote or assist with the arts-related 
activities, and humanities-related activities, of other Federal 
agencies, on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis, and may use funds 
available to carry out section 5 to pay the costs of such activities.
    ``(g) Treatment of Gifts for Purposes of the Federal Tax Laws.--For 
the purposes of Federal laws relating to the taxation of income, gifts, 
and estates, any money or other property donated, bequeathed, or 
devised to the Administration shall be deemed to have been donated, 
bequeathed, or devised to or for the use of the United States.

``SEC. 5. DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT THE ARTS AND THE 
              HUMANITIES.

    ``(a) Program.--The Director shall establish and implement a 
program to carry out the purposes of this Act by making grants to 
nonprofit groups to carry out projects, productions, and workshops in 
the fields of arts education and humanities education.
    ``(b) Application.--No grant or contract may be made under 
subsection (a) except upon the submission of an application in such 
form, at such time, and containing such information and assurances as 
the Director may require by rule.
    ``(c) Federal Share.--Funds received under this section by a group 
may not be used to pay more than 50 percent of the project or 
production for which the group receives financial assistance under this 
section.
    ``(d) Peer Review Relating To Support for the Arts.--The Director 
shall use advisory panels to review, and make recommendations to the 
Director regarding approval of, applications for grants and contracts 
to support the arts. The Director shall issue rules and establish 
procedures--
            ``(1) to ensure that all panels are composed, to the extent 
        practicable, of individuals reflecting a wide geographic, 
        ethnic, and minority representation as well as individuals 
        reflecting diverse artistic and cultural points of view,
            ``(2) to ensure that all panels include representation of 
        lay individuals who are knowledgeable about the arts but who 
        are not engaged in the arts as a profession and are not members 
        of either artists' organizations or arts organizations,
            ``(3) to ensure that panels reviewing and making 
        recommendations requiring applications for grants and contracts 
        to support the arts include representatives from arts education 
        associations,
            ``(4) to ensure that, when feasible, the procedures used by 
        panels to carry out their responsibilities are standardized,
            ``(5) to require panels--
                    ``(A) to create written records summarizing--
                            ``(i) all meetings and discussions of such 
                        panel, and
                            ``(ii) the recommendations made by such 
                        panel to the Director, and
                    ``(B) to make such records available to the public 
                in a manner that protects the privacy of individual 
                applicants and panel members,
            ``(6) to require, when necessary and feasible, the use of 
        site visitations to view the work of the applicant and deliver 
        a written report on the work being reviewed, in order to assist 
        panelists in making their recommendations, and
            ``(7) to require that the membership of each panel change 
        substantially from year to year and to provide that each 
        individual is ineligible to serve on a panel for more than 3 
        consecutive years.
    ``(e) Conflict of Interest.--
            ``(1) Disqualification.--In making appointments to panels, 
        the Director shall ensure that an individual who is an employee 
        or agent of an entity with a pending application for financial 
        assistance under this Act, or does not serve as a member of any 
        panel before which such application is pending.
            ``(2) Period of disqualification.--The prohibition 
        described in the preceding sentence shall commence with respect 
        to such individual beginning on the date such application is 
        submitted and shall continue for so long as such application is 
        pending.

``SEC. 6. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO STATES TO SUPPORT THE ARTS AND THE 
              HUMANITIES

    ``(a) Program.--The Administrator shall establish and implement a 
program to carry out the purpose of this Act by making grants to 
eligible States in accordance with this section.
    ``(b) Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive a grant under this 
subsection for a fiscal year, a State shall submit an application at 
such time, in such form, and containing such information and assurances 
as the Director may require by rule, including a plan that contains the 
following:
            ``(1) The identity of the State agency (hereinafter in this 
        section referred to as the ``State agency'') that the State is 
        then designating as the sole agency for the administration of 
        the State plan.
            ``(2) Assurances that--
                    ``(A) a grant received under this section by the 
                State will be expended solely on projects and 
                productions approved by the State agency for 1 or more 
                of the uses specified in section 2, and
                    ``(B) the State agency will make such reports, in 
                such form and containing such information, as the 
                Director may from time to time require, including a 
                description of the progress made toward achieving the 
                goals of such plan.
            ``(3) A certification that the State agency has held, after 
        reasonable notice, public meetings in the State to allow all 
        artists, individuals involved in the humanities, interested 
        organizations, and the public to present views and make 
        recommendations regarding such plan.
            ``(4) A summary of such recommendations and the State 
        agency's response to such recommendations.
            ``(5) A description of the level of participation during 
        the most recent preceding year for which information is 
        available, by organizations comprised of artists, organizations 
        comprised of individuals involved in the humanities, arts 
        organizations, and humanities organizations, in projects and 
        productions for which financial assistance is provided under 
        this section by the State.
            ``(6) A description, for the most recent preceding year for 
        which information is available, of the extent to which projects 
        and productions for which financial assistance is provided 
        under this section by the State are available to all people and 
        communities in the State.
            ``(7) A description of projects and productions that 
        receive financial assistance under this subsection from the 
        State agency that exist, or are being developed--
                    ``(A) to secure wider participation of artists, 
                individuals involved in the humanities, arts 
                organizations, and humanities organizations, and
                    ``(B) to address the availability of the arts and 
                the humanities to all people or communities in the 
                State.
    ``(c) Federal Share.--Funds received under this section by a State 
may not be used to pay more than 50 percent of the project or 
production for which the State provides financial assistance under this 
section.
    ``(d) Maintenance of Effort.--Funds received under this section by 
a State shall not be used to supplant non-Federal funds.

``SEC. 7. ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO 
              SUPPORT THE ARTS.

    ``It shall be a condition of the receipt of financial assistance to 
support the arts, provided under sections 5 and 6 by the Director or 
the State agency, that the applicant for such assistance include in its 
application--
            ``(1) a detailed description of the proposed project, 
        production, or workshop for which the applicant requests such 
        assistance,
            ``(2) a timetable for the completion of such proposed 
        project, production, or workshop, and
            ``(3) an assurance that the applicant will submit--
                    ``(A) interim reports describing the applicant's--
                            ``(i) progress in carrying out such 
                        project, production, or workshop, and
                            ``(ii) compliance with this Act and the 
                        conditions of receipt of such assistance,
                    ``(B) if such proposed project, production, or 
                workshop will be carried out during a period exceeding 
                1 year, an annual report describing the applicant's--
                            ``(i) progress in carrying out such 
                        project, production, or workshop, and
                            ``(ii) compliance with this Act and the 
                        conditions of receipt of such assistance, and
                    ``(C) not later than 90 days after--
                            ``(i) the end of the period for which the 
                        applicant receives such assistance, or
                            ``(ii) the completion of such project, 
                        production, or workshop,
                whichever occurs earlier, a final report to the 
                Director or the State agency (as the case may be) 
                describing the applicant's compliance with this Act and 
                the conditions of receipt of such assistance.

``SEC. 8. ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.

    ``(a) Minimum Wage and Safety Requirements.--It shall be a 
condition of the receipt of financial assistance provided under this 
Act that the group of exceptional talent or the State receiving such 
assistance furnish adequate assurances to the Secretary of Labor that--
            ``(1) all professional performers and related or supporting 
        professional personnel (other than laborers and mechanics with 
        respect to whom labor standards are prescribed in subsection 
        (b) of this section) employed on projects, productions, or 
        workshops that are financed in whole or in part under this Act 
        will be paid, without subsequent deduction or rebate on any 
        account, not less than the minimum compensation as determined 
        by the Secretary of Labor to be the prevailing minimum 
        compensation for persons employed in similar activities, and
            ``(2) no part of any project or production which is 
        financed in whole or in part under this Act will be performed 
        or engaged in under working conditions which are unsanitary or 
        hazardous or dangerous to the health and safety of the 
        employees engaged in such project, production, or workshop.
Compliance with the safety and sanitary laws of the State in which the 
performance or part thereof is to take place shall be prima facie 
evidence of compliance. The Secretary of Labor shall have the authority 
to prescribe standards, regulations, and procedures as the Secretary of 
Labor may deem necessary or appropriate to carry out this subsection.
    ``(b) Prevailing Wage.--It shall be a condition of the receipt of 
financial assistance provided under this Act that the group of 
exceptional talent or the State receiving such grant furnish adequate 
assurances to the Secretary of Labor that all laborers and mechanics 
employed by contractors or subcontractors on construction projects 
assisted under this Act shall be paid wages at rates not less than 
those prevailing on similar construction in the locality as determined 
by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Act of March 3, 1931, 
ch. 411, 46 Stat. 1494 (40 U.S.C. 276a-276a-5), commonly known as the 
Davis-Bacon Act. The Secretary of Labor shall have with respect to the 
labor standards specified in this subsection the authority and 
functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (15 F.R. 
3176; 5 U.S.C. 133z-15) and section 2 of the Act of June 13, 1934, as 
amended (40 U.S.C. 276c).

``SEC. 9. DIVISION AND ALLOTMENT OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS.

    ``(a) Division of Funds.--Of the funds appropriated for any fiscal 
year to carry out this Act--
            ``(1) 50 percent shall be available to make grants and 
        contracts in accordance with sections 5 and 6 to support the 
        arts, and
            ``(2) 50 percent shall be available to make grants and 
        contracts in accordance with sections 5 and 6 to support the 
        humanities.
    ``(b) Allotment of Funds Available To Support the Arts.--The amount 
referred to in subsection (a)(1) shall be allotted in accordance with 
this subsection.
            ``(1) To carry out section 6 to support the arts, the 
        Director shall reserve not less than 50 percent of the amount 
        referred to in subsection (a)(1) and shall allot the reserved 
        amount as follows:
                    ``(A) Each eligible State shall be allotted the sum 
                of--
                            ``(i) an equal share of the reserved amount 
                        until the reserved amount equals $10,000,000 
                        available for allotment under this clause, and
                            ``(ii) after making the allotment required 
                        by clause (i), an equal share of not less than 
                        50 percent of the remaining reserved amount (if 
                        any) available for allotment under this 
                        paragraph.
                    ``(B) Not more than 25 percent of the reserved 
                amount (if any) remaining after making the allotment 
                required by subparagraph (A)(i) shall be available to 
                the Director to make grants under section 5.
            ``(2) Not more than 75 percent amount referred to in 
        subsection (a)(1) shall be available to the Director to carry 
        out section 5 to support the arts.
    ``(c) Allotment of Funds Available To Support the Humanities.--The 
amount referred to in subsection (a)(2) shall be allotted in accordance 
with this subsection.
            ``(1) To carry out section 6 to support the humanities, 
        each eligible State shall be allotted the sum of--
                    ``(A) an equal share of such amount until the 
                shares of all the States in the aggregate equals 
                $10,000,000, and
                    ``(B) the remaining amount available for allotment 
                under this subsection--
                            ``(i) an equal share of 44 percent of such 
                        remaining amount, and
                            ``(ii) a proportionate share of 22 percent 
                        such remaining amount allotted on the basis of 
                        population.
            ``(2) Thirty-four percent of the amount remaining after 
        making the allotment required by paragraph (1)(A) shall be 
        available to the Director to carry out section 5 to support the 
        humanities.

``SEC. 10. COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT.

    ``(a) Determinations by Director.--Whenever the Director, after 
reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing, finds that--
            ``(1) a recipient of financial assistance provided under 
        this Act is not complying substantially with this Act or with 
        the terms or conditions in its approved application for such 
        assistance,
            ``(2) a State agency is not complying substantially with 
        terms and conditions of its State plan approved under this Act, 
        or
            ``(3) any financial assistance received from the Director 
        by a group or State agency is diverted from the purposes for 
        which such assistance was provided,
the Director shall immediately notify the Secretary of the Treasury and 
such recipient or such State agency with respect to which such finding 
was made that no additional funds will be made available under this Act 
to such recipient or such State agency until there is no longer any 
default or failure to comply, or until the diversion has been 
corrected, or, if compliance or correction is impossible, until such 
recipient or such State agency repays or arranges the repayment of the 
Federal funds which have been improperly diverted or expended.
    ``(b) Repayments Made.--Financial assistance repaid under this 
section to the Administration shall be deposited in the Treasury of the 
United States and credited as miscellaneous receipts.
    ``(c) Reviews by Inspector General.--The Inspector General of the 
Administration shall conduct appropriate reviews to ensure that 
recipients of financial assistance provided under this Act comply with 
the applicable rules relating to such assistance, including rules 
relating to accounting and financial matters.

``SEC. 11. EVALUATIONS AND REPORTS.

    ``(a) Reports by Recipients.--
            ``(1) Content.--Each recipient of financial assistance 
        provided under section 5 by the Director shall submit to the 
        Director--
                    ``(A) a financial report containing such 
                information as the Director deems necessary to ensure 
                that such financial assistance is expended in 
                accordance with the terms and conditions under which it 
                is provided,
                    ``(B) a report describing the project, production, 
                workshop carried out with such financial assistance, 
                and
                    ``(C) if practicable, as determined by the 
                Director, a copy of such project, production, or 
                workshop.
            ``(2) Deadline for Report.--Such recipient shall comply 
        with the requirements of paragraph (1) not later than 90 days 
        after the end of the period for which such financial assistance 
        is provided. The Director may extend the 90-day period only if 
        the recipient shows good cause why such an extension should be 
        granted.
            ``(3) Noncompliance.--If such recipient substantially fails 
        to satisfy the purposes for which such financial assistance is 
        provided and paragraph (1), as determined by the Director, then 
        the Director may--
                    ``(A) for purposes of determining whether to 
                provide any subsequent financial assistance, take into 
                consideration the results of the post-award evaluation 
                conducted under this subsection,
                    ``(B) prohibit the recipient of such financial 
                assistance to use the name of, or in any way associate 
                such project, production, or workshop with the 
                Administration that provided such financial assistance, 
                and
                    ``(C) if such project, production, or workshop is 
                published, require that the publication contain the 
                following statement: `The opinions, findings, 
                conclusions, and recommendations expressed herein do 
                not reflect the views of the Administration.'.
    ``(b) Post-Award Evaluations by Director.--The Director shall 
conduct a post-award evaluation of projects, productions, and workshops 
for which financial assistance is provided under sections 5 and 6. Such 
evaluation may include an audit to determine the accuracy of the 
reports required to be submitted by recipients under subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) of subsection (a)(1). As a condition of receiving such 
financial assistance, a recipient shall comply with the requirements 
specified in subsection (a) that are applicable to the project, 
production, or workshop for which such financial assistance is 
received.
    ``(c) Annual Report by Director.--The Director shall submit an 
annual report to the President for transmittal to the Congress on or 
before the 15th day of April of each year. The report shall summarize 
the activities of the Administration for the preceding year, and may 
include such recommendations as the Director deems to be appropriate.

``SEC. 12. DEFINITIONS.

    ``For purposes of this Act:
            ``(1) The term `arts' includes--
                    ``(A) music (instrumental and vocal), dance, drama, 
                folk art, creative writing, architecture, painting, 
                sculpture, photography, graphic and craft arts, 
                industrial design, costume and fashion design, motion 
                pictures, television, radio, film, video, and tape and 
                sound recording, and
                    ``(B) all traditional arts practiced by the diverse 
                individuals in the United States.
            ``(3) The term `education' means instructive presentation 
        to support educational activities through lectures, visual 
        aids, guest speakers, field trips, participatory activities, 
        and other forms of interaction, including such presentation by 
        qualified teachers in accordance with school curricula.
            ``(4) The term `group' means--
                    ``(A) a State or other public agency, or
                    ``(B) nonprofit nongovernmental entity established 
                in the United States.
            ``(5) The term `humanities' includes--
                    ``(A) the study and interpretation of--
                            ``(i) language (both modern and classical), 
                        linguistics, literature, history, 
                        jurisprudence, philosophy, archaeology, 
                        comparative religion, and ethics,
                            ``(ii) the history, criticism, and theory 
                        of the arts, and
                            ``(iii) aspects of the social sciences that 
                        have humanistic content and employ humanistic 
                        methods, and
                    ``(B) the application of the matters specified in 
                clauses (i), (ii), (iii) of subparagraph (A) to the 
                humanistic inquiries representative of the diverse 
                individuals in the United States.
            ``(6) The term `nonprofit' means with respect to an entity 
        that such entity is of the kind described in section 501(c)(3) 
        of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and is exempt from 
        taxation under section 501(a) of such Code.
            ``(7) The term `production' means a play (with or without 
        music), ballet, dance and choral performance, concert, recital, 
        opera, exhibition, reading, motion pictures, television, radio, 
        film, video, or tape and sound recording, or any other activity 
        involving the execution or rendition of the arts.
            ``(8) The term `project' means an activity organized to 
        carry out the purpose of this Act, including an activity to 
        foster creativity or to develop and enhance public knowledge 
        and understanding of the arts.
            ``(9) The term `State' means any of the several States, the 
        Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, 
        American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 
        or the Virgin Islands of the United States.
            ``(10) The term `workshop' means an activity the primary 
        purpose of which is to encourage the artistic development or 
        appreciation by amateur, student, or other nonprofessional 
        participants, or to promote scholarship and teaching among the 
        participants.

``SEC. 13. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act, 
$200,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000, and 
2001.''.

SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Poet Laureate Consultant.--Section 601 of Arts, Humanities, and 
Museums Amendments of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 177) is amended by striking 
subsection (c).
    (b) Executive Schedule Pay Rate.--Title 5 of the United States Code 
is amended in section 5314--
            (1) by striking the item relating to the Chairman of the 
        National Endowment for the Arts, and
            (2) by striking the item relating to the Chairman of the 
        National Endowment for the Humanities and inserting the 
        following:
            ``Director, American Heritage Administration.''.
    (c) Inspector General Act of 1978.--Subsection (a)(2) of the first 
section 8G of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 
8G(a)(2)) is amended by striking ``National Endowment for the Arts, the 
National Endowment for the Humanities'' and inserting ``American 
Heritage Administration''.
    (d) Delta Region Preservation Commission.--Section 907(a)(7) of 
National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 230f(a)) is 
amended by striking ``Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts'' 
and inserting ``Director of the American Heritage Administration''.
    (e) Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.--Section 
3(b)(4) of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (20 U.S.C. 80f) is 
amended in subsection (b)(4) by striking ``Chairman of the National 
Endowment for the Humanities'' and inserting ``Director of the American 
Heritage Administration''.
    (g) National Teacher Academies.--Section 514(b)(4) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1103c(b)(4)) is amended by striking 
``National Endowment for the Humanities'' and inserting ``American 
Heritage Administration''.
    (h) Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program.--Section 932(a)(3) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1134i(a)(3)) is amended by 
striking ``National Endowment for the Humanities, the National 
Endowment for the Arts'' and inserting ``American Heritage 
Administration''.
    (i) Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need.--Section 943(b) 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1134n(b)) is amended by 
striking ``National Endowments for the Arts and the Humanities'' and 
inserting ``American Heritage Administration''.
    (j) American Folklife Center.--Section 4(b) of the American 
Folklife Preservation Act (20 U.S.C. 2103(b)) is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (5),
            (2) by amending paragraph (6) to read as follows:
            ``(5) the Directory of American Heritage Administration; 
        and'', and
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (6).
    (k) Japan-United States Friendship Commission.--Section 4(a) of the 
Japan-United States Friendship Act (22 U.S.C. 2903(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3) by striking the semicolon at the end 
        and inserting ``; and'',
            (2) by striking paragraph (4),
            (3) and by amending paragraph (5) to read as follows:
            ``(4) the Directory of the and inserting ``American 
        Heritage Administration.''.
    (l) Standards and Systems for Outdoor Advertising Signs.--Section 
131(q)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking 
``National Endowment for the Arts,'' and inserting ``American Heritage 
Administration''.
    (m) International Culture and Trade Center Commission.--Section 
7(c)(1) of Federal Triangle Development Act (40 U.S.C. 1106(c)(1)) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking subparagraph (I), and
            (2) by redesignating subparagraph (J) as subparagraph (I).
    (n) Livable Cities.--The Livable Cities Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 8143 
et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 804--
                    (A) in paragraph (4) by inserting ``and'' at the 
                end,
                    (B) by striking paragraphs (5) and (7), and
                    (C) in paragraph (6)--
                            (i) by striking ``; and'' at the end and 
                        inserting a period, and
                            (ii) by redesignating such paragraph as 
                        paragraph (5), and
            (2) in subsections (a), (d), and (e) of section 805 by 
        striking ``Chairman'' each place it appears and inserting 
        ``Director'',
    (o) National Archives Trust Fund Board.--Section 2301 of title 44, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ``Chairman of the National 
Endowment for the Humanities'' and
    (p) Conversion of Railroad Passenger Terminals.--Title 49 of the 
United States Code is amended--
            (1) in section 5564(c)(1)(C) by striking ``Chairman of the 
        National Endowment for the Arts'' and inserting ``Director of 
        the American Heritage Administration'', and
            (2) in section 5565(c)(1)(B) by striking ``Chairman of the 
        National Endowment for the Arts''.
    (q) National Security Education Board.--Section 803(b)(7) of the 
National Security Education Act of 1991 (50 U.S.C. 1903(b)) is amended 
to read as follows:
            ``(7) The Director of the American Heritage 
        Administration.''.
    (r) Educational Research, Development, Dissemination and 
Improvement Act of 1994.--Title IX of Public Law 103-227 (20 U.S.C. 
6001 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 921(j)--
                    (A) by striking paragraphs (5) and (6), and 
                inserting the following:
            ``(5) the Director of the American Heritage 
        Administration;''
                    (B) by redesignating paragraphs (7) and (8) as 
                paragraphs (6) and (7), respectively, and
            (2) in section 931(h)(3)--
                    (A) by striking subparagraphs (G) and (H), and 
                inserting the following,
                    ``(G) of the American Heritage Administration;'', 
                and
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (I), (J), (K), 
                and (L) as subparagraphs (H), (I), (J), and (K) 
                respectively.
    (s) Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.--The Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the Improving 
America's Schools Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-382), is amended--
            (1) in section 2101(b) by striking ``National Endowment for 
        the Humanities, the National Endowment for the Arts'' and 
        inserting ``American Heritage Administration'',
            (2) in section 2205(c)(1)(D) by striking ``National 
        Endowment for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the 
        Humanities'' and inserting ``and the American Heritage 
        Administration'',
            (3) in section 2208(d)(1)(H)(v) by striking ``National 
        Endowment for the Humanities, and the National Endowment for 
        the Arts'' and inserting ``American Heritage Administration'',
            (4) in section 2209(b)(1)(C)(vi) by striking ``National 
        Endowment for the Humanities, the National Endowment for the 
        Arts'' and inserting ``American Heritage Administration'',
            (5) in section 3121(c)(2) by striking ``National Endowment 
        for the Humanities, the National Endowment for the Arts'' and 
        inserting ``American Heritage Administration'',
            (6) in section 10401--
                    (A) in subsection (d)(6) by striking ``National 
                Endowment for the Arts,'' and inserting ``American 
                Heritage Administration'', and
                    (B) in subsection (e)(2) by striking ``National 
                Endowment for the Arts'' and inserting ``American 
                Heritage Administration'',
            (7) in section 10411(a) in paragraph (2) by striking 
        ``National Endowment for the Arts'' and inserting ``American 
        Heritage Administration'',
            (8) in section 10412(b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2) by striking ``Chairman of the 
                National Endowment for the Humanities, the Chairman of 
                the National Endowment for the Arts,'' and inserting 
                ``Director of the American Heritage Administration'', 
                and
                    (B) in paragraph (7)--
                            (i) by striking ``Chairman of the National 
                        Endowment for the Humanities, the Chairman of 
                        the National Endowment for the Arts'' and 
inserting ``Director of the American Heritage Administration'', and
                            (ii) by striking ``, or their designees,'', 
                        and
            (9) in section 10414(a)(2)(B)--
                    (A) by striking clauses (i) and (ii), and inserting 
                the following:
                            ``(i) the American Heritage Administration; 
                        and'', and
                    (B) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (ii).
    (t) Delta Region Heritage; New Orleans Jazz Commission.--Public Law 
103-433 (108 Stat. 4515) is amended--
            (1) in section 1104(b) by striking ``Chairman of the 
        National Endowment for the Arts, the Chairman of the National 
        Endowment for the Humanities'' and inserting ``American 
        Heritage Administration'', and
            (2) in section 1207(b)(6) by striking ``Chairman of the 
        National Endowment of the Arts'' and inserting ``Director of 
        the American Heritage Administration''.
    (u) Museum and Library Services Act.--Section 203(a) of the Museum 
and Library Services Act (20 U.S.C. 862(a)) is amended by striking 
``National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities'' and inserting 
``executive branch''.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATES; RELATED PROVISIONS.

    (a) Effective Dates.--Except as provided in subsection (b), this 
Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on October 1, 
1997.
    (b) Savings Provision.--(1) An amendment made by this Act shall not 
apply with respect to--
            (A) powers, duties, functions, rights, claims, penalties, 
        or obligations applicable to financial assistance provided 
        before the effective date of amendment under the provision of 
        law so amended, and
            (B) administrative actions and proceedings commenced before 
        such date, or authorized before such date to be commenced, 
        under such provision.
            (2) On and after the effective date of this Act, the 
        Director of the American Heritage Administration shall exercise 
        such powers, duties, and functions with respect to such 
        assistance, such actions, and such proceedings.
    (c) References.--In any Federal law (excluding this Act and the 
Acts amended by this Act), Executive order, rule, regulation, order, 
delegation of authority, grant, contract, suit, or document--
            (1) a reference to the National Endowment for the Arts 
        shall be deemed to include a reference to the American Heritage 
        Administration, and
            (2) a reference to the National Endowment for the 
        Humanities shall be deemed to include a reference to the 
        American Heritage Administration.
    (d) Transfers.--
            (1) Property.--On the effective date of this Act--
                    (A) all property donated, bequeathed, or devised to 
                the National Endowment for the Arts and held by such 
                Endowment on such date, and
                    (B) all property donated, bequeathed, or devised to 
                the National Endowment for the Humanities and held by 
                such Endowment on such date,
        is hereby transferred to the American Heritage Administration.
            (2) Operations.--The Director of the Office of Management 
        and Budget shall provide for the transfer of the affairs of the 
        National Endowment for the Arts, the National Council on the 
        Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National 
        Council on the Humanities, and the Federal Council on the Arts 
        and the Humanities to the American Heritage Administration.
            (3) Personnel; records; funds.--Except as provided in 
        paragraphs (1) and (2), the Director shall provide for the 
        transfer or other disposition of personnel, assets, 
        liabilities, grants, contracts, property, records, and 
        unexpended balances of appropriations, authorizations, 
        allocations, and other funds held, used, arising from, 
        available to, or to be made available in connection with 
        implementing the authorities terminated by the amendments made 
        by this Act.
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