    [United States Government Manual]
    [June 01, 2006]
    [Pages 456-457]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

    The purpose of the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities is to
    develop and promote a broadly conceived national policy of support for
    the humanities and the arts in the United States, and for institutions
    which preserve the cultural heritage of the United States.

    The National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities was created as an
    independent agency by the National Foundation on the Arts and the
    Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 951). The Foundation consists of the
    National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the
    Humanities, the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities, and the
    Institute of Museum and Library Services. The Federal Council on the
    Arts and the Humanities assists the Endowments in coordinating their
    programs and other activities with those of Federal agencies. Each
    Endowment is advised on its respective grantmaking and related policies,
    programs, and procedures by its own National Council, composed of the
    Endowment Chairman and other members appointed by the President and
    confirmed by the Senate. Members of

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    Congress, appointed by the leadership of the House and the Senate, serve
    in an ex officio, non-voting capacity on the National Council on the
    Arts. The Federal Council's membership comprises the Chairmen of the two
    Endowments, the Director of Museum and Library Services, and other key
    Federal cultural officials. Excluding participation by certain of its
    members, the Federal Council makes agreements to indemnify--against loss
    or damage--items eligible under the Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Act (20
    U.S.C. 971).

    [For the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities statement of
            organization, see the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 45,
            Part 1100]