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ance with paragraph (2)) money and other property donated, bequeathed, or devised to that Endowment with a condition or restriction, including a condition that the Chairman use other funds of that Endowment for the purposes of the gift;]

(2) in the discretion of the Chairman of an Endowment, after receiving the recommendation of the National Council of that Endowment, to receive money and other property donated, bequeathed, or devised to that Endowment with or without a condition or restriction, including a condition that the Chairman use other funds of that Endowment for the purposes of the gift; and to use, sell, or otherwise dispose of such property for the purpose of carrying out sections 5(c) and 7(c) and the functions transferred by section 6(a) of this Act; [(4)] (3) appoint employees, subject to the civil service laws, as necessary to carry out his functions, define their duties, and supervise and direct their activities;

[(5)] (4) utilize from time to time, as appropriate, experts and consultants, including panels of experts, who may be employed as authorized by section 15 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946, as amended (5 U.S.C. 55a);

[(6)] (5) accept and utilize the services of voluntary and uncompensated personnel and reimburse them for travel expenses, including per diem, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 73b-2) for persons in the Government service employed without compensation; [(7)] (6) rent office space in the District of Columbia; and (8) (7) make other necessary expenditures.

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In any case in which any money or other property is donated, bequeathed, or devised to the Foundation (A) without designation of the Endowment for the benefit of which such property is intended, and (B) without condition or restriction other than that it be used for the purposes of the Foundation, such property shall be deemed to have been donated, bequeathed, or devised in equal shares to each Endowment [within the scope of paragraph (2) of this subsection,] and each Chairman of an Endowment shall have authority to receive such property [under such paragraph]. In any case in which any money or other property is donated, bequeathed, or devised to the Foundation with a condition or restriction [similar to a condition or restriction covered by paragraph (3) of this subsection,] such property shall be deemed to have been donated, bequeathed, or devised, [within the scope of such paragraph,] to that Endowment whose function it is to carry out the purpose or purposes described or referred to by the terms of such condition or restriction, and each Chairman of an Endowment shall have authority to receive such property [under such paragraph]. For the purposes of the preceding sentence, if one or more of the purposes of such a condition or restriction is covered by the functions of both Endowments, or if some of the purposes of such a condition or restriction are covered by the functions of one Endowment and other of the purposes of such a condition or restriction are covered by the functions of the other Endowment, the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities shall determine an equitable manner for distribution between each of the Endowments of the property so donated, bequeathed, or devised. For the purposes of the income tax, gift tax, and estate tax laws of the United States, any money or other property donated, bequeathed, or devised to the Foundation or one of its Endowments and received by the Chairman of an Endowment pursuant

to authority derived under this subsection shall be deemed to have been donated, bequeathed, or devised to or for the use of the United States.

(b) The Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities shall each submit an annual report to the President for transmittal to the Congress on or before the 15th day of January of each year. The report shall summarize the activities of the Endowment for the preceding year, and may include such recommendations as the Chairman deems appropriate.

(c) The National Council on the Arts and the National Council on the Humanities, respectively, may each submit an annual report to the President for transmittal to the Congress on or before the 15th day of January of each year setting forth a summary of its activities during the preceding year or its recommendations for any measures which it considers necessary or desirable.

AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 11. (a) [For the purpose of carrying out sections 5(c) and 7(c) and the functions transferred by section 6(a) of this Act, there is authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and each of the two succeeding fiscal years the sum of $10,000,000; but for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, and each subsequent fiscal year, only such sums may be appropriated as the Congress may hereafter authorize by law. Sums appropriated under the authority of this subsection shall be equally divided between the Endowments of the Foundation, and shall remain available until expended.] For the purpose of carrying out section 5(c) and the functions transferred by section 6(a) of this Act, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the National Endowment for the Arts $22,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, and $32,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970; for the purpose of carrying out section 7(c) of this Act there is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the National Endowment for the Humanities $27,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, and $40,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970. In addition, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the National Endowment for the Arts for the purposes of section 5(h) the sum of $5,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, and $8,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970. Sums appropriated under the authority of this subsection shall remain available until expended. For each subsequent fiscal year such sums may be appropriated as the Congress may hereafter authorize by law to carry out the provisions of this subsection.

(b) In addition to the sums authorized by subsection (a), there is authorized to be appropriated to each Endowment an amount equal to the total of amounts received by that Endowment under section 10(a) (2) of this Act, except that amounts appropriated to the National Endowment for the Arts under this subsection may not exceed $2,250,000 for any fiscal year, and amounts appropriated to the National Endowment for the Humanities under this subsection may not exceed $5,000,000 for any fiscal year]. Amounts appropriated to an Endowment under this subsection shall remain available until expended.

(c) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the National Endowment for the Arts the sum of $2,750,000 for each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 1966, for the pur

poses of section 5(h). Sums appropriated under this subsection shall remain available until expended.]

[(d)] (c) There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to administer the provisions of this Act.

(e)] (d) No grant shall be made to a workshop (other than a workshop conducted by a school, college, or university) for a production for which a direct or indirect admission charge is asked if the proceeds, after deducting reasonable costs, are used for purposes other than assisting the grantee to develop high standards of artistic excellence or encourage greater appreciation of the arts and humanities by our citizens.

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR STRENGTHENING INSTRUCTION IN

THE HUMANITIES AND THE ARTS

SEC. 12. (a) There is authorized to be appropriated to the Commissioner of Education for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and each of the two succeeding years the sum of $500,000; but for the fiscal year ending on June 30, 1969, and each subsequent fiscal year, only such sums may be appropriated as the Congress may hereafter authorize by law. Such sums shall be used for (1) making payments to State educational agencies under this section for the acquisition of equipment (suitable for use in providing education in the humanities and the arts) and for minor remodeling described in subsection (c)(1) of this section, and (2) making loans authorized in subsection (f) of this section.

(b) Sums appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) shall be allotted in the same manner as provided in subsections (a) and (c) of section 302 of the National Defense Education Act of 1958, as amended (72 Stat. 1588; 20 U.S.C. 442).

(c) Any State which desires to receive payments under this section shall submit to the Commissioner of Education through its State educational agency a State plan which meets the requirements of section 1004(a) of the National Defense Education Act of 1958, as amended (72 Stat. 1603; 20 U.S.C. 584), and

(1) sets forth a program under which funds paid to the State from its allotment under subsection (b) of this section will be expended solely for projects approved by the State educational agency for (A) acquisition of special equipment (other than supplies consumed in use), including audiovisual materials and equipment, and printed and published materials (other than textbooks), suitable for use in providing education in the humanities and the arts, and (B) minor remodeling of laboratory or other space used for such materials or equipment;

(2) sets forth principles for determining the priority of such projects in the State for assistance under this section and provides for undertaking such projects, insofar as financial resources available therefor make possible, in the order determined by the application of such principles;

(3) provides an opportunity for a hearing before the State educational agency to any applicant for a project under this section; and

(4) provides for the establishment of standards on a State level for special equipment acquired with assistance furnished under this section.

(d) The Commissioner shall approve any State plan and any modification thereof which complies with the provisions of subsection (c) of this section and the provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of section 1004 of the National Defense Education Act, as amended (72 Stat. 1603; 20 U.S.C. 584), shall apply to this section in the same manner as applicable to State plans under that Act.

(e) Payments to States from allotments made under subsection (b) shall be made in the same manner as provided in section 304 of the National Defense Education Act of 1958, as amended (72 Stat. 1589; 20 U.S.C. 444).

(f) The Commissioner shall allot and administer loans to nonprofit private schools in the same manner as provided in section 305 of the National Defense Education Act of 1958, as amended (72 Stat. 1590; 20 U.S.C. 445).

TEACHER TRAINING INSTITUTES

SEC. 13. (a) There is authorized to be appropriated to the Commissioner of Education for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and each of the two succeeding years the sum of $500,000; but for the fiscal year ending on June 30, 1969, and each subsequent fiscal year, only such sums may be appropriated as the Congress may hereafter authorize by law. Such sums shall be used to enable the Commissioner of Education to arrange, through grants or contracts, with institutions of higher education for the operation by them within the United States of short term or regular session institutes for advanced study, including study in the use of new materials, to improve the qualification of individuals who are engaged in or preparing to engage in the teaching or supervising or training of teachers, of such subjects as will, in the judgment of the Commissioner, after consultation with the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, strengthen the teaching of the humanities and the arts in elementary and secondary schools.

(b) Each individual who attends an institute operated under the provisions of this part shall be eligible (after application therefor) to receive a stipend at the rate of $75 per week for the period of his attendance at such institute, and each such individual with one or more dependents shall receive an additional stipend at the rate of $15 per week for each such dependent.

PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS

SEC. 14. The President is requested to make such appointments (including any nomination) as are provided for in this Act within ninety days after the enactment of this Act.

90TH CONGRESS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session

DISPOSITION OF SUNDRY PAPERS

JANUARY 30, 1968.-Ordered to be printed

REPORT

{No. 1067

Mr. THOMPSON of New Jersey, from the Joint Committee on Disposition of Executive Papers, submitted the following

REPORT

[Pursuant to 63 Stat. 377]

The joint select committee of the Senate and House of Representatives, appointed on the part of the Senate and House of Representatives and acting in compliance with the provisions of the act approved July 7, 1943 (57 Stat. 380), as amended by the act approved July 6, 1945 (59 Stat. 434), and the act approved June 30, 1949 (63 Stat. 377), respectfully reports to the Senate and House of Representatives that it has received and examined the report of the Archivist of the United States No. 68-8, dated January 22, 1968, to the 90th Congress, 2d session, submitting the following lists or schedules covering records proposed for disposal by the Government agencies indicated:

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Your committee reports that the records proposed for disposal in the said lists or schedules reported by the Archivist of the United States do not, or will not after the lapse of the period specified, have sufficient administrative, legal, research, or other value to warrant their continued preservation by the Government and recommends

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