§ 956a. — National Capital arts and cultural affairs; grant programs.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 20USC956a]
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. 956a. National Capital arts and cultural affairs; grant
programs
There is hereby authorized a program to support artistic and
cultural programs in the Nation's Capital to be established under the
direction of the Commission of Fine Arts. Not to exceed $7,500,000
annually is authorized to provide grants for general operating support
to eligible organizations located in the District of Columbia whose
primary purpose is performing, exhibiting and/or presenting arts.
Eligibility for grants shall be limited to not-for-profit, non-
academic institutions of demonstrated national repute and is further
limited to organizations having annual income, exclusive of Federal
funds, in excess of $1,000,000 for each of the three years prior to
receipt of a grant. The following organizations are deemed eligible to
receive grants under this section: Folger Theater, Corcoran Gallery of
Art, Phillips Gallery, Arena Stage, the National Building Museum, the
National Capital Children's Museum, the National Symphony Orchestra, the
National Opera, and Ford's Theater.
The Chairman of the Commission of Fine Arts shall establish an
application process and shall, along with the Chairman of the National
Endowment for the Arts and the Chairman of the National Endowment for
the Humanities determine the eligibility of applicant organizations in
addition to those herein named.
Of the funds provided for grants, 70 per centum shall be equally
distributed among all qualifying organizations and 30 per centum shall
be distributed based on the size of an organization's total annual
income, exclusive of Federal funds, compared to the combined total of
the annual income, exclusive of Federal funds, of all eligible
institutions. No organization shall receive a grant in excess of
$500,000 in a single year.
An application process shall be established no later than March 1,
1986, and initial grants shall be awarded no later than June 1, 1986.
(Pub. L. 99-190, Sec. 101(d) [title II, Sec. 201], Dec. 19, 1985, 99
Stat. 1224, 1261; Pub. L. 99-500, Sec. 101(h) [title II, Sec. 201], Oct.
18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783-242, 1783-281, and Pub. L. 99-591, Sec. 101(h)
[title II, Sec. 201], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341-242, 3341-281; Pub.
L. 100-202, Sec. 101(g) [title II, Sec. 201], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat.
1329-213, 1329-250; Pub. L. 101-121, title II, Oct. 23, 1989, 103 Stat.
739; Pub. L. 106-219, Sec. 2, June 20, 2000, 114 Stat. 346.)
Codification
Pub. L. 99-591 is a corrected version of Pub. L. 99-500.
Section was not enacted as part of the National Foundation on the
Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 which comprises this subchapter.
Amendments
2000--Pub. L. 106-219 substituted ``National Opera'' for
``Washington Opera Society'' in second par.
1989--Pub. L. 101-121 substituted ``$7,500,000'' for ``$5,000,000''
in first par.
1987--Pub. L. 100-202 substituted ``direction of the Commission of
Fine Arts'' for ``direction of the National Endowment for the
Humanities'' in first par. and amended third par. generally. Prior to
amendment, third par. read as follows: ``The Chairman of the National
Endowment for the Humanities shall establish an application process and
shall, along with the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts
and the Chairman of the Commission on Fine Arts determine the
eligibility of applicant organizations in addition to those herein
named.''
1986--Pub. L. 99-500 and Pub. L. 99-591 substituted ``whose primary
purpose is'' for ``which are engaged primarily in'' in first par. and
``annual income, exclusive of Federal Funds,'' for ``an annual operating
budget'', ``operating budget'', and ``operating budgets'' in third and
fourth pars.
Redesignation of Washington Opera as National Opera
Pub. L. 106-219, June 20, 2000, 114 Stat. 346, provided that:
``SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
``The Washington Opera, organized under the laws of the District of
Columbia, is designated as the `National Opera'.
``SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
``Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper or other
record of the United States to the Washington Opera referred to in
section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the `National Opera'.''
