§ 956. — National Endowment for the Humanities.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 20USC956]
TITLE 20--EDUCATION
CHAPTER 26--SUPPORT AND SCHOLARSHIP IN HUMANITIES AND ARTS; MUSEUM
SERVICES
SUBCHAPTER I--NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
Sec. 956. National Endowment for the Humanities
(a) Establishment
There is established within the Foundation the National Endowment
for the Humanities.
(b) Chairperson of the Endowment; appointment, term, reappointment;
vacancy; expiration of term
(1) The Endowment shall be headed by a chairperson, who shall be
appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate.
(2) The term of office of the Chairperson shall be four years, and
the Chairperson shall be eligible for reappointment. The provisions of
this paragraph shall apply to any person appointed to fill a vacancy in
the office of the Chairperson. Upon expiration of the Chairperson's term
of office the Chairperson shall serve until the Chairperson's successor
shall have been appointed and shall have qualified.
(c) Functions of the Endowment; publications; traditionally
underrepresented recipients of financial assistance
The Chairperson, with the advice of the National Council on the
Humanities (hereinafter established), is authorized to enter into
arrangements, including contracts, grants, loans, and other forms of
assistance, to--
(1) develop and encourage the pursuit of a national policy for
the promotion of progress and scholarship in the humanities;
(2) initiate and support research and programs to strengthen the
research and teaching potential of the United States in the
humanities by making arrangements with individuals or groups to
support such activities; any loans made by the Endowment shall be
made in accordance with terms and conditions approved by the
Secretary of the Treasury;
(3) initiate and support training and workshops in the
humanities by making arrangements with institutions or individuals
(fellowships awarded to individuals under this authority may be for
the purpose of study or research at appropriate nonprofit
institutions selected by the recipient of such aid, for stated
periods of time);
(4) initiate and support programs and research which have
substantial scholarly and cultural significance and that reach, or
reflect the diversity and richness of our American cultural
heritage, including the culture of, a minority, inner city, rural,
or tribal community;
(5) foster international programs and exchanges;
(6) foster the interchange of information in the humanities;
(7) foster, with groups, education in, and public understanding
and appreciation of the humanities;
(8) support the publication of scholarly works in the
humanities;
(9) insure that the benefit of its programs will also be
available to our citizens where such programs would otherwise be
unavailable due to geographic or economic reasons; and
(10) foster programs and projects that provide access to, and
preserve materials important to research, education, and public
understanding of, the humanities.
In the case of publications under clause (8) of this subsection such
publications may be supported without regard for the provisions of
section 501 of title 44 only if the Chairperson consults with the Joint
Committee on Printing of the Congress and the Chairperson submits to the
Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate and the Committee
on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives a report
justifying any exemption from such section 501. In selecting individuals
and groups of exceptional talent as recipients of financial assistance
to be provided under this subsection, the Chairperson shall give
particular regard to scholars, and educational and cultural
institutions, that have traditionally been underrepresented.
(d) Coordination and development of Endowment programs with other
Federal and non-Federal programs
The Chairperson shall coordinate the programs of the National
Endowment for the Humanities, insofar as practicable, with existing
Federal programs, designated State humanities agencies and with those
undertaken by other public agencies or private groups, and shall develop
the programs of the Endowment with due regard to the contribution to the
objectives of this subchapter which can be made by other Federal
agencies under existing programs.
(e) Limitation on amount of grant for workshop activities for which an
admission or other charge is made to the general public
The total amount of any grant under subsection (c)(3) of this
section to any group engaging in workshop activities for which an
admission or other charge is made to the general public shall not exceed
30 per centum of the total cost of such activities.
(f) Grants-in-aid programs; designation of State administrative agency;
matching funds; applications and plans; allotments; cost
limitations; grants to regional groups; non-Federal funding;
definitions; suspension of grants; single entity limitation
(1) The Chairperson, with the advice of the National Council on the
Humanities, is authorized, in accordance with the provisions of this
subsection, to establish and carry out a program of grants-in-aid in
each of the several States in order to support not more than 50 per
centum of the cost of existing activities which meet the standards
enumerated in subsection (c) of this section, and in order to develop a
program in the humanities in such a manner as will furnish adequate
programs in the humanities in each of the several States.
(2)(A) Whenever a State desires to designate or to provide for the
establishment of a State agency as the sole agency for the
administration of the State plan, such State shall designate the
humanities council in existence on the date the State agency is
established as the State agency, and shall match from State funds a sum
equal to 50 per centum of that portion of Federal financial assistance
received by such State under this subsection which is described in the
first sentence of paragraph (4) relating to the minimum State grant, or
25 per centum of the total amount of Federal financial assistance
received by such State under this subsection, whichever is greater, for
the fiscal year involved. In any State in which the State selects the
option described in this subparagraph, the State shall submit, before
the beginning of each fiscal year, an application for grants and
accompany such application with a plan which the Chairperson finds--
(i) designates or provides for the establishment of a State
agency (hereinafter in this section referred to as the ``State
agency'') as the sole agency for the administration of the State
plan;
(ii) provides that the chief executive officer of the State will
appoint new members to the State humanities council designated under
the provisions of this subparagraph, as vacancies occur as a result
of the expiration of the terms of members of such council, until the
chief executive officer has appointed all of the members of such
council;
(iii) provides, from State funds, an amount equal to 50 per
centum of that portion of Federal financial assistance received by
such State under this subsection which is described in the first
sentence of paragraph (4) relating to the minimum State grant, or 25
per centum of the total amount of Federal financial assistance
received by such State under this subsection, whichever is greater,
for the fiscal year involved;
(iv) provides that funds paid to the State under this subsection
will be expended solely on programs approved by the State agency
which carry out the objectives of subsection (c) of this section and
which are designed to bring the humanities to the public;
(v) provides assurances that State funds will be newly
appropriated for the purpose of meeting the requirements of this
subparagraph;
(vi) provides that the State agency will make such reports, in
such form and containing such information, as the Chairperson may
require, including a description of the progress made toward
achieving the goals of the State plan;
(vii) provides--
(I) assurances that the State agency has held, after
reasonable notice, public meetings in the State to allow
scholars, interested organizations, and the public to present
views and make recommendations regarding the State plan; and
(II) a summary of such recommendations and of the response
of the State agency to such recommendations; and
(viii) contains--
(I) a description of the level of participation during the
most recent preceding year for which information is available by
scholars and scholarly organizations in programs receiving
financial assistance under this subsection;
(II) for the most recent preceding year for which
information is available, a description of the extent to which
the programs receiving financial assistance under this
subsection are available to all people and communities in the
State; and
(III) a description of programs receiving financial
assistance under this subsection that exist or are being
developed to secure wider participation of scholars and
scholarly organizations identified under subclause (I) of this
clause or that address the availability of the humanities to all
people or communities identified under subclause (II) of this
clause.
No application may be approved unless the accompanying plan satisfies
the requirements specified in this subsection.
(B) In any State in which the chief executive officer of the State
fails to submit an application under subparagraph (A), the grant
recipient in such State shall--
(i) establish a procedure which assures that six members of the
governing body of such grant recipient shall be appointed by an
appropriate officer or agency of such State, except that in no event
may the number of such members exceed 25 per centum of the total
membership of such governing body; and
(ii) provide, from any source, an amount equal to the amount of
Federal financial assistance received by such grant recipient under
this subsection for the fiscal year involved.
(3) Whenever a State selects to receive Federal financial assistance
under this subsection for any fiscal year under paragraph (2)(B), any
appropriate entity desiring to receive such assistance shall submit an
application for such assistance at such time as shall be specified by
the Chairperson. Each such application shall be accompanied by a plan
which the Chairperson finds--
(A) provides assurances that the grant recipient will comply
with the requirements of paragraph (2)(B);
(B) provides that funds paid to the grant recipient will be
expended solely on programs which carry out the objectives of
subsection (c) of this section;
(C) establishes a membership policy which is designed to assure
broad public representation with respect to programs administered by
such grant recipient;
(D) provides a nomination process which assures opportunities
for nomination to membership from various groups within the State
involved and from a variety of segments of the population of such
State, and including individuals who by reason of their achievement,
scholarship, or creativity in the humanities, are especially
qualified to serve;
(E) provides for a membership rotation process which assures the
regular rotation of the membership and officers of such grant
recipient;
(F) establishes reporting procedures which are designed to
inform the chief executive officer of the State involved, and other
appropriate officers and agencies, of the activities of such grant
recipient;
(G) establishes procedures to assure public access to
information relating to such activities;
(H) provides that such grant recipient will make reports to the
Chairperson, in such form, at such times, and containing such
information, as the Chairperson may require, including a description
of the progress made toward achieving the goals of the plan;
(I) provides--
(i) assurances that the grant recipient has held, after
reasonable notice, public meetings in the State to allow
scholars, interested organizations, and the public to present
views and make recommendations regarding the plan; and
(ii) a summary of such recommendations and of the response
of the grant recipient to such recommendations; and
(J) contains--
(i) a description of the level of participation during the
most recent preceding year for which information is available by
scholars and scholarly organizations in programs receiving
financial assistance under this subsection;
(ii) for the most recent preceding year for which
information is available, a description of the extent to which
the programs receiving financial assistance under this
subsection are available to all people and communities in the
State; and
(iii) a description of programs receiving financial
assistance under this subsection that exist or are being
developed to secure wider participation of scholars and
scholarly organizations identified under clause (i) of this
subparagraph or that address the availability of the humanities
to all people or communities identified under clause (ii) of
this subparagraph.
No application may be approved unless the accompanying plan satisfies
the requirements specified in this subsection.
(4) Of the sums available to carry out this subsection for any
fiscal year, each State and each grant recipient which has a plan
approved by the Chairperson shall be allotted at least $200,000. If the
sums appropriated are insufficient to make the allotments under the
preceding sentence in full, such sums shall be allotted among such
States and grant recipients in equal amounts. In any case where the sums
available to carry out this subsection for any fiscal year are in excess
of the amount required to make the allotments under the first sentence
of this paragraph--
(A) 34 per centum of the amount of such excess for such fiscal
year shall be available to the Chairperson for making grants under
this subsection to States and regional groups and entities applying
for such grants;
(B) 44 per centum of the amount of such excess for such fiscal
year shall be allotted in equal amounts among the States and grant
recipients which have plans approved by the Chairperson; and
(C) 22 per centum of the amount of such excess for such fiscal
year shall be allotted among the States and grant recipients which
have plans approved by the Chairperson in amounts which bear the
same ratio to such excess as the population of the State for which
the plan is approved (or, in the case of a grant recipient other
than a State, the population of the State in which such grant
recipient is located) bears to the population of all the States.
(5)(A) The amount of each allotment to a State for any fiscal year
under this subsection shall be available to each State or grant
recipient, which has a plan or application approved by the Chairperson
in effect on the first day of such fiscal year, to pay not more than 50
per centum of the total cost of any project or production described in
paragraph (1). The amount of any allotment made under paragraph (4) for
any fiscal year--
(i) which exceeds $125,000, but
(ii) which does not exceed 20 per centum of such allotment,
shall be available, at the discretion of the Chairperson, to pay up to
100 per centum of the cost of programs under this subsection if such
programs would otherwise be unavailable to the residents of that State.
(B) Any amount allotted to a State under the first sentence of
paragraph (4) for any fiscal year which is not obligated by the State
agency or grant recipient prior to sixty days prior to the end of the
fiscal year for which such sums are appropriated shall be available to
the Chairperson for making grants to regional groups.
(C) Funds made available under this subsection shall not be used to
supplant non-Federal funds.
(D) For the purposes of this paragraph, the term ``regional group''
means any multistate group, whether or not representative of contiguous
States.
(E) For purposes of paragraph (4)(B), the term ``State'' and the
term ``grant recipient'' include, in addition to the several States of
the Union, only those special jurisdictions specified in section 952(g)
of this title which have a population of 200,000 or more, according to
the latest decennial census.
(6) All amounts allotted or made available under paragraph (4) for a
fiscal year which are not granted to any entity during such fiscal year
shall be available to the National Endowment for the Humanities for the
purpose of carrying out subsection (c) of this section.
(7) Whenever the Chairperson, after reasonable notice and
opportunity for hearing, finds that--
(A) a group or grant recipient is not complying substantially
with the provisions of this subsection;
(B) a State agency or grant recipient is not complying
substantially with terms and conditions of its State plan or grant
recipient application approved under this subsection; or
(C) any funds granted to any group or State agency or grant
recipient under this subsection have been diverted from the purposes
for which they are allotted or paid,
the Chairperson shall immediately notify the Secretary of the Treasury
and the group, State agency, or grant recipient with respect to which
such finding was made that no further grants will be made under this
subsection to such group, State agency, or grant recipient until there
is no longer a default or failure to comply or the diversion has been
corrected, or, if the compliance or correction is impossible, until such
group, State agency, or grant recipient repays or arranges the repayment
of the Federal funds which have been improperly diverted or expended.
(8) Except as provided in the third sentence of paragraph (4), and
paragraphs (5) and (6), the Chairperson may not make grants under this
subsection to more than one entity in any State.
(g) Payment of performers and supporting personnel; standards,
regulations, and procedures
It shall be a condition of the receipt of any grant under this
section that the group, individual, or State agency or entity receiving
such grant furnish adequate assurances to the Secretary of Labor that
(1) all professional performers and related or supporting professional
personnel employed on projects or productions which are financed in
whole or in part under this section 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 section 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 or production. 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 prescribe standards, regulations, and procedures necessary to
carry out this subsection.
(h) Program of contracts or grants-in-aid to public agencies and private
nonprofit organizations; limitation on payments
(1) The Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Humanities,
with the advice of the National Council on the Humanities, is
authorized, in accordance with the provisions of this subsection, to
establish and carry out a program of contracts with, or grants-in-aid
to, public agencies and private nonprofit organizations for the purpose
of--
(A) enabling cultural organizations and institutions to increase
the levels of continuing support and to increase the range of
contributors to the program of such organizations or institutions;
(B) providing administrative and management improvements for
cultural organizations and institutions, particularly in the field
of long-range financial planning;
(C) enabling cultural organizations and institutions to increase
audience participation in, and appreciation of, programs sponsored
by such organizations and institutions;
(D) stimulating greater cooperation among cultural organizations
and institutions especially designed to serve better the communities
in which such organizations or institutions are located;
(E) fostering greater citizen involvement in planning the
cultural development of a community; and
(F) for bicentennial programs, assessing where our society and
Government stand in relation to the founding principles of the
Republic, primarily focused on projects which will bring together
the public and private citizen sectors in an effort to find new
processes for solving problems facing our Nation in its third
century.
(2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, the
total amount of any payment made under this subsection for a program or
project may not exceed 50 per centum of the cost of such program or
project.
(B) The Chairperson, with the advice of the Council, may waive all
or part of the requirement of matching funds provided in subparagraph
(A) of this paragraph, but only for the purposes described in clause (F)
of paragraph (1), whenever he determines that highly meritorious
proposals for grants and contracts under such clause, could not
otherwise be supported from non-Federal sources or from Federal sources
other than funds authorized by section 960(a)(3) of this title, unless
such matching requirement is waived. Such waiver may not exceed 15 per
centum of the amount appropriated in any fiscal year and available to
the National Endowment for the Humanities for the purpose of this
subsection.
(3) In carrying out the program authorized by this subsection, the
Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Humanities shall have the
same authority as is established in subsection (c) of this section and
section 959 of this title.
(i) Interagency agreements
The Chairperson may enter into interagency agreements to promote or
assist with the humanities-related activities of other Federal agencies,
on either a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis, and may use funds
authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of subsection (c) of this
section for the costs of such activities.
(j) Payment of wages at prevailing rates; authority of Secretary of
Labor
It shall be a condition of the receipt of any grant under this
section that the group or individual of exceptional talent or the State,
State agency, or entity 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 section 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 sections 3141-3144, 3146, and 3147 of title
40. 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 and section 3145 of
title 40.
(k) National information and data collection system on humanities,
scholars, educational and cultural groups, and audiences;
development and implementation plan; state of the humanities
reports
The Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Humanities shall,
in ongoing consultation with State and local agencies, other relevant
organizations, and relevant Federal agencies, continue to develop and
implement a practical system of national information and data collection
and public dissemination on the humanities, scholars, educational and
cultural groups, and their audiences. Such system shall include cultural
and financial trends in the various humanities fields, trends in
audience participation, and trends in humanities education on national,
regional, and State levels. Such system shall be used, along with a
summary of the data submitted with plans under subsection (f) of this
section, to prepare a report on the state of the humanities in the
Nation. The state of the humanities report shall include a description
of the availability of the Endowment's programs to emerging and
culturally diverse scholars, cultural and educational organizations, and
communities and of the participation of such scholars, organizations,
and communities in such programs. The state of the humanities report
shall be submitted to the President and the Congress, and provided the
States, not later than October 1, 1992, and quadrennially thereafter.
(l) Eligibility of group for financial assistance
Any group shall be eligible for financial assistance under this
section only if--
(1) no part of its net earnings inures to the benefit of any
private stockholder or stockholders, or individual or individuals;
and
(2) donations to such group are allowable as a charitable
contribution under the standards of section 170(c) of title 26.
(m) Annual awards
The Chairperson, with the advice of the National Council on the
Humanities, is authorized to make the following annual awards:
(1) The Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities Award to one
individual for distinguished intellectual achievement in the
humanities. The annual award shall not exceed $10,000.
(2) The Charles Frankel Prize to honor individuals who have made
outstanding contributions to the public understanding of the
humanities. Not more than 5 individuals may receive such prize each
year. Each prize shall not exceed $5,000.
(Pub. L. 89-209, Sec. 7, Sept. 29, 1965, 79 Stat. 850; Pub. L. 90-83,
Sec. 10(b), Sept. 11, 1967, 81 Stat. 223; Pub. L. 91-346, Sec. 8, July
20, 1970, 84 Stat. 445; Pub. L. 93-133, Secs. 2(a)(6), 3, Oct. 19, 1973,
87 Stat. 464, 465; Pub. L. 94-462, title I, Secs. 104(a), 105, title
III, Sec. 301(b), Oct. 8, 1976, 90 Stat. 1971, 1974, 1979; Pub. L. 96-
496, title I, Secs. 104, 109(c), Dec. 4, 1980, 94 Stat. 2584, 2591;
renumbered title I, Sec. 7, Pub. L. 98-306, Sec. 2, May 31, 1984, 98
Stat. 223; renumbered Sec. 7 and amended Pub. L. 99-194, title I,
Secs. 101(1), 107, Dec. 20, 1985, 99 Stat. 1332, 1335; Pub. L. 101-512,
title III, Sec. 318 [title I, Sec. 107], Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1960,
1969.)
References in Text
Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950, referred to in subsec. (j),
is set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and
Employees.
Codification
In subsec. (j), ``sections 3141-3144, 3146, and 3147 of title 40''
substituted for ``the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended (40 U.S.C. 276a--276a-
5)'' and ``section 3145 of title 40'' substituted for ``section 2 of the
Act of June 13, 1934, as amended (40 U.S.C. 276c)'' on authority of Pub.
L. 107-217, Sec. 5(c), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1303, the first section
of which enacted Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works.
Amendments
1990--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101-512, Sec. 318 [title I, Sec. 107(a)],
substituted ``the'' for ``a'' after ``Foundation''.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101-512, Sec. 318 [title I, Sec. 107(b)(1)],
inserted ``enter into arrangements, including contracts, grants, loans,
and other forms of assistance, to'' after ``is authorized to''.
Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 101-512, Sec. 318 [title I, Sec. 107(b)(2)],
struck out ``(including contracts, grants, loans, and other forms of
assistance)'' after ``arrangements''.
Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 101-512, Sec. 318 [title I, Sec. 107(b)(3)],
substituted ``initiate and support training and workshops in the
humanities by making arrangements with institutions or individuals
(fellowships'' for ``award fellowships and grants to institutions or
individuals for training and workshops in the humanities. Fellowships'',
and inserted closing parenthesis after ``periods of time''.
Subsec. (c)(7). Pub. L. 101-512, Sec. 318 [title I, Sec. 107(b)(4)],
struck out ``through grants or other arrangements'' after ``foster,''.
Subsec. (c)(10). Pub. L. 101-512, Sec. 318 [title I, Sec. 107(b)(5)-
(7)], added par. (10).
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 101-512, Sec. 318 [title I, Sec. 107(c)],
substituted ``coordinate'' for ``correlate''.
Subsec. (f)(2)(A). Pub. L. 101-512, Sec. 318 [title I,
Sec. 107(d)(1)], substituted ``the date the State agency is
established'' for ``December 20, 1985,''.
Subsec. (f)(2)(A)(viii)(I). Pub. L. 101-512, Sec. 318 [title I,
Sec. 107(d)(2)(A)], substituted ``most recent preceding year for which
information is available'' for ``previous two years''.
Subsec. (f)(2)(A)(viii)(II). Pub. L. 101-512, Sec. 318 [title I,
Sec. 107(d)(2)(B)], inserted ``for the most recent preceding year for
which information is available,''.
Subsec. (f)(3)(J)(i). Pub. L. 101-512, Sec. 318 [title I,
Sec. 107(d)(3)(A)], substituted ``most recent preceding year for which
information is available'' for ``previous two years''.
Subsec. (f)(3)(J)(ii). Pub. L. 101-512, Sec. 318 [title I,
Sec. 107(d)(3)(B)], inserted ``for the most recent preceding year for
which information is available,''.
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 101-512, Sec. 318 [title I, Sec. 107(e)],
struck out ``not later than 180 days after December 20, 1985'' before
period at end.
Subsec. (h)(2)(B). Pub. L. 101-512, Sec. 318 [title I, Sec. 107(f)],
substituted ``Endowment for'' for ``Endowment on''.
Subsec. (k). Pub. L. 101-512, Sec. 318 [title I, Sec. 107(g)],
inserted ``ongoing'' after ``shall, in'', substituted ``continue to
develop and implement'' for ``develop'', inserted ``and public
dissemination'' after ``collection'', struck out ``Not later than one
year after December 20, 1985, the Chairperson shall submit to the
Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate a plan for the
development and implementation of such system, including a
recommendation regarding the need for any additional funds to be
appropriated to develop and implement such system.'' after ``and State
levels.'', and substituted ``1992, and quadrennially'' for ``1988, and
biennially''.
Subsecs. (l), (m). Pub. L. 101-512, Sec. 318 [title I, Sec. 107(h)],
added subsecs. (l) and (m) and struck out former subsec. (l) which
related to reports and plans required by regulation or directives and
the transmittal of such reports and plans to the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission.
1985--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99-194, Sec. 107(1), (5), substituted
``chairperson'' for ``chairman'' in par. (1), and in par. (2),
substituted ``Chairperson'' for ``Chairman'' and ``the Chairperson's''
for ``his'' wherever appearing.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99-194, Sec. 107(2), (5), substituted
``Chairperson'' for ``Chairman'' wherever appearing, substituted
``workshops'' for ``workships'' in cl. (3), added cls. (4) and (5) and
redesignated existing cls. (4) to (7) as (6) to (9), respectively,
substituted ``clause (8)'' for ``clause (6)'' in second sentence, and
inserted at end ``In selecting individuals and groups of exceptional
talent as recipients of financial assistance to be provided under this
subsection, the Chairperson shall give particular regard to scholars,
and educational and cultural institutions, that have traditionally been
underrepresented.''
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 99-194, Sec. 107(5), substituted
``Chairperson'' for ``Chairman''.
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 99-194, Sec. 107(3), (5), substituted
``Chairperson'' for ``Chairman'' wherever appearing; in par. (2)(A)
substituted ``December 20, 1985'' for ``December 4, 1980'', inserted
``officer'' after ``chief executive'' wherever appearing in cl. (ii),
struck out ``and'' at end of cl. (v), substituted ``, including a
description of the progress made toward achieving the goals of the State
plan;'' for the period at end of cl. (vi), and added cls. (vii) and
(viii) and sentence providing that no application may be approved unless
the accompanying plan satisfies the requirements specified in this
subsection; in par. (2)(B)(i) substituted ``six'' and ``25'' for
``four'' and ``20'', respectively; and in par. (3) struck out ``and'' at
end of cl. (G), substituted ``, including a description of the progress
made toward achieving the goals of the plan;'' for the period at end of
cl. (H), and added cls. (I) and (J) and sentence providing that no
application may be approved unless the accompanying plan satisfies the
requirements specified in this subsection.
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 99-194, Sec. 107(4), substituted ``The
Secretary of Labor shall prescribe standards, regulations, and
procedures necessary to carry out this subsection not later than 180
days after December 20, 1985'' for ``The Secretary of Labor shall have
the authority to prescribe standards, regulations, and procedures as he
may deem necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this
subsection''.
Subsecs. (h)(1), (2)(B), (3), (i). Pub. L. 99-194, Sec. 107(5),
substituted ``Chairperson'' for ``Chairman'' wherever appearing.
Subsecs. (j) to (l). Pub. L. 99-194, Sec. 107(6), added subsecs. (j)
to (l).
1980--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 96-496, Sec. 109(c), substituted
``Committee on Labor and Human Resources'' for ``Committee on Labor and
Public Welfare'' in last sentence.
Subsec. (f)(2). Pub. L. 96-496, Sec. 104(a)(1), substituted
provisions relating to the designation of State humanities councils as
State administrative agencies, requiring matching State funding and
submission by States wishing to designate administrative State agencies
of grant applications and accompanying administrative plans, and
prescribing a grant recipient application procedure for provisions
requiring entities desiring to receive financial assistance under this
subsection to submit grant applications and accompanying administrative
plans.
Subsec. (f)(3). Pub. L. 96-496, Sec. 104(a)(2), substituted
provisions requiring entities desiring to receive financial assistance
under this subsection to submit grant applications and accompanying
administrative plans for provisions relating to the appointment of grant
recipient members.
Subsec. (f)(4). Pub. L. 96-496, Sec. 104(a)(3), in provisions
preceding subpar. (A), substituted ``each State and each grant
recipient'' for ``each grant recipient'' and ``such States and grant
recipients'' for ``such grant recipients'', in subpar. (A), substituted
``34 per centum of the amount of such excess for such'' for ``the amount
of such excess which is no greater than 25 per centum of the sums
available to carry out this subsection for any'' and inserted ``States
and regional groups and'', in subpar. (B), substituted ``44 per centum
of the amount of such excess for such fiscal year'' for ``the amount of
such excess, if any, which remains after reserving in full for the
Chairman the amount required under subparagraph (A)'' and ``States and
grant recipients'' for ``grant recipients'' and struck out ``but in no
event shall any grant recipient be allotted less than $200,000'' after
``Chairman'' and added subpar. (C).
Subsec. (f)(5)(A). Pub. L. 96-496, Sec. 104(a)(4)(A), substituted
``The amount of each allotment to a State for any fiscal year under this
subsection shall be available to each State or grant recipient, which
has a plan or application approved by the Chairman in effect on the
first day of such fiscal year, to pay not more than 50 per centum of the
total cost of any project or production described in paragraph (1). The
amount of any'' for ``Whenever the provisions of paragraph (3)(B) of
this subsection apply in any State, that part of any''.
Subsec. (f)(5)(B). Pub. L. 96-496, Sec. 104(a)(4)(B), inserted
``State agency or''.
Subsec. (f)(5)(E). Pub. L. 96-496, Sec. 104(a)(4)(C), added subpar.
(E).
Subsec. (f)(7). Pub. L. 96-496, Sec. 104(a)(5), inserted ``group
or'' in subpar. (A), inserted ``State agency or'' and substituted
``State plan or grant recipient application'' for ``plan'' in subpar.
(B), inserted ``group or State agency or'' in subpar. (C), and inserted
``group, State agency, or'' in three places in provisions following
subpar. (C).
Subsec. (f)(8). Pub. L. 96-496, Sec. 104(a)(6), substituted ``the
third sentence of paragraph (4), and paragraphs (5) and (6)'' for
``paragraphs (4), (5), and (6)''.
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 96-496, Sec. 104(b), substituted ``State agency
or'' for ``State''.
Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 96-496, Sec. 104(c), added subsec. (i).
1976--Subsecs. (f), (g). Pub. L. 94-462, Secs. 104(a), 105, added
subsecs. (f) and (g).
Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 94-462, Sec. 301(b), added subsec. (h).
1973--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 93-133, Sec. 2(a)(6), in provisions
preceding cl. (1) struck out reference to the Federal Council on the
Arts and the Humanities, in cl. (2) inserted proviso that loans made by
the Endowment shall be made in accordance with terms and conditions
approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, in cl. (6) struck out
reference to section 111 of title 44, and added cl. (7) and provisions
following cl. (7).
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 93-133, Sec. 3, required the Chairman to
correlate the programs of the National Endowment for the Humanities with
designated State humanities agencies.
1970--Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 91-346, Sec. 8(a), provided that upon
expiration of his term of office the Chairman shall serve until his
successor shall have been appointed and shall have qualified.
Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 91-346, Sec. 8(b), announced intention of
the Endowment for the Humanities to strengthen teaching potential as
well as research potential and authorized the Endowment to make
contracts as well as grants etc., in its efforts to accomplish its
goals.
Subsec. (c)(5). Pub. L. 91-346, Sec. 8(c), announced intention to
foster education in as well as public understanding and appreciation of
the humanities.
1967--Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 90-83 struck out provision setting the
compensation of the Chairman at the level prescribed by law for the
Director of the National Science Foundation.
Change of Name
Committee on Education and Labor of House of Representatives treated
as referring to Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities of
House of Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a
note preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress. Committee on
Economic and Educational Opportunities of House of Representatives
changed to Committee on Education and the Workforce of House of
Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Fifth Congress,
Jan. 7, 1997.
Effective Date of 1990 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 101-512 effective Oct. 1, 1990, see section 318
[title IV, Sec. 403(a)] of Pub. L. 101-512, set out as a note under
section 951 of this title.
Applicability of 1985 Amendment
Amendment by section 107(3) of Pub. L. 99-194 not applicable with
respect to plans submitted for financial assistance to be provided with
funds appropriated for fiscal year 1986, see section 112 of Pub. L. 99-
194, set out as a note under section 954 of this title.
Effective Date of 1976 Amendment
Section 104(b) of Pub. L. 94-462 provided that: ``The amendment made
by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall be effective with
respect to fiscal year 1977 and succeeding fiscal years.''
Effective Date of 1973 Amendment
Amendment by section 2(a)(6) of Pub. L. 93-133 effective on and
after July 1, 1973, see section 2(b) of Pub. L. 93-133, set out as a
note under section 951 of this title.
Termination of Reporting Requirements
For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions in subsec.
(k) of this section relating to quadrennially submitting the state of
the humanities report to Congress, see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104-66,
as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and
Finance, and page 183 of House Document No. 103-7.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 952, 959, 960 of this title.
