[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 148 (Thursday, August 5, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 42904]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-16764]


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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

National Endowment for the Humanities


Meeting of National Council on the Humanities

AGENCY: National Endowment for the Humanities; National Foundation on 
the Arts and the Humanities.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is 
hereby given that the National Council on the Humanities will meet to 
review applications for financial assistance under the National 
Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965 and make 
recommendations thereon to the Chairman of the National Endowment for 
the Humanities (NEH).

DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, August 19, 2021, from 
10:30 a.m. until 2:00 p.m., and on Friday, August 20, 2021, from 11:00 
a.m. until adjourned.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held by videoconference originating at 
Constitution Center, 400 7th Street SW, Washington, DC 20506.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Voyatzis, Committee 
Management Officer, 400 7th Street SW, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20506; 
(202) 606-8322; [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Council on the Humanities is 
meeting pursuant to the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 951-960, as amended).
    The National Council will convene in executive session by 
videoconference on August 19, 2021, from 10:30 a.m. until 10:50 a.m.
    The following Committees of the National Council on the Humanities 
will convene by videoconference on August 19, 2021, from 11:00 a.m. 
until 2:00 p.m., to discuss specific grant applications and programs 
for The American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act funding before the Council:
    ARP Organizations Committee 1 (Office of Digital Humanities);
    ARP Organizations Committee 2 (Division of Education Programs);
    ARP Organizations Committee 3 (Division of Preservation and 
Access);
    ARP Organizations Committee 4 (Division of Public Programs);
    ARP Organizations Committee 5 (Division of Research Programs); and
    ARP Grantmaking Programs (Office of Challenge Programs and Division 
of Research Programs).
    The plenary session of the National Council on the Humanities will 
convene by videoconference on August 20, 2021, at 11:00 a.m. After 
remarks from the Acting Chairman and Chief of Staff, the Council will 
hear reports on and consider applications for NEH ARP funding. The 
agenda for the plenary session will be as follows:

A. Introductions and Remarks
    1. Acting Chairman's Remarks
    2. Chief of Staff's Remarks
B. ARP Organizations Committee 1 (Office of Digital Humanities);
C. ARP Organizations Committee 2 (Division of Education Programs);
D. ARP Organizations Committee 3 (Division of Preservation and Access);
E. ARP Organizations Committee 4 (Division of Public Programs);
F. ARP Organizations Committee 5 (Division of Research Programs); and
G. ARP Grantmaking Programs (Office of Challenge Programs and Division 
of Research Programs)
    This meeting of the National Council on the Humanities will be 
closed to the public pursuant to sections 552b(c)(4), 552b(c)(6), and 
552b(c)(9)(B) of Title 5 U.S.C., as amended, because it will include 
review of personal and/or proprietary financial and commercial 
information given in confidence to the agency by grant applicants, and 
discussion of certain information, the premature disclosure of which 
could significantly frustrate implementation of proposed agency action. 
I have made this determination pursuant to the authority granted me by 
the Chairman's Delegation of Authority to Close Advisory Committee 
Meetings dated April 15, 2016.

    Dated: August 2, 2021.
Elizabeth Voyatzis,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-16764 Filed 8-4-21; 8:45 am]
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