§ 4417. — Functions of Institute.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 20USC4417]
TITLE 20--EDUCATION
CHAPTER 56--AMERICAN INDIAN, ALASKA NATIVE, AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN CULTURE
AND ART DEVELOPMENT
SUBCHAPTER I--AMERICAN INDIANS AND ALASKA NATIVES
Sec. 4417. Functions of Institute
(a) Primary functions
The primary functions of the Institute shall be--
(1) to provide scholarly study of, and instruction in, Indian
art and culture, and
(2) to establish programs which culminate in the awarding of
degrees in the various fields of Indian art and culture.
(b) Administrative entities
(1) The Board shall be responsible for establishing the policies and
internal organization that relate to the control and monitoring of all
subdivisions, administrative entities, and departments of the Institute.
(2) The specific responsibilities of each subdivision, entity, and
department of the Institute are solely within the discretion of the
Board, or its designee.
(3) The Board shall establish, within the Institute, departments for
the study of culture and arts and for research and exchange, and a
museum. The Board shall establish the areas of competency for the
departments created under this paragraph, which may include (but are not
limited to) Departments of Arts and Sciences, Visual Arts, Performing
Arts, Language, Literature and Museology and a learning resources
center, programs of institutional support and development, research
programs, fellowship programs, seminars, publications, scholar-in-
residence programs and inter-institutional programs of cooperation at
national and international levels.
(c) Other programs
In addition to the centers and programs described in subsection (b)
of this section, the Institute shall develop such programs and centers
as the Board determines are necessary to--
(1) foster research and scholarship in Indian art and culture
through--
(A) resident programs;
(B) cooperative programs; and
(C) grant programs;
(2) complement existing tribal programs for the advancement of
Indian art and culture; and
(3) coordinate efforts to preserve, support, revitalize, and
develop evolving forms of Indian art and culture.
(Pub. L. 99-498, title XV, Sec. 1510, Oct. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 1606;
Pub. L. 101-644, title V, Sec. 502, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4668; Pub.
L. 102-325, title XIII, Sec. 1331(d), July 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 807.)
Amendments
1992--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102-325 amended subsec. (b) generally.
Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) read as follows: ``There shall be
established within the Institute--
``(1) a Center for Culture and Art Studies to be administered by
a director (appointed by the President of the Institute, with the
approval of the Board), which shall include (but not be limited to)
Departments of Arts and Sciences, Visual Arts, Performing Arts,
Language, Literature, and Museology;
``(2) a Center for Research and Cultural Exchange, administered
by a director (appointed by the President of the Institute, with the
approval of the Board), which shall include--
``(A) a learning resources center;
``(B) programs of institutional support and development;
``(C) research programs;
``(D) fellowship programs;
``(E) seminars;
``(F) publications;
``(G) scholar-in-residence and artist-in-residence programs;
and
``(H) inter-institutional programs of cooperation at
national and international levels; and
``(3) a Museum of American Indian and Alaska Native Arts, which
shall be under the direction of the President of the Institute.''
1990--Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 101-644, Sec. 502(1), redesignated
subpars. (B) to (I) as (A) to (H), respectively, and struck out former
subpar. (A) which related to a museum of Indian arts.
Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 101-644, Sec. 502(2)-(4), added par. (3).
Effective Date of 1992 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 102-325 effective Oct. 1, 1992, see section 2
of Pub. L. 102-325, set out as a note under section 1001 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 4441 of this title.
