[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1863 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1863

To amend the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 
1965 to make available additional funds to increase access to the arts 
                   through the support of education.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 26, 2005

 Mrs. Wilson of New Mexico (for herself and Mr. Peterson of Minnesota) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                      Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 
1965 to make available additional funds to increase access to the arts 
                   through the support of education.

    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 Education Advancement Act of 
2005''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Use of Funds for Elementary and Secondary Education.--Section 
5A(b) of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 954a(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (8) by striking ``and'' at the end,
            (2) in paragraph (9) by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and'', and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(10) increase accessibility to the arts through art 
        education in formal systems of elementary and secondary 
        education.''.
    (b) Availability of Funds.--Section 11(f)(1) of the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
960(f)(1)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``$175,000,000, 50 percent'' and inserting 
        ``$98,000,000, 100 percent'', and
            (2) by adding at the end the following ``Of the aggregate 
        amount made available to carry out section 5A in any fiscal 
        year, 50 percent shall be made available for the use specified 
        in section 5A(b)(10).''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

     This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on 
the 1st day of the 1st fiscal year that begins after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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