§ 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, § 101(d) [title II, § 201], Dec. 19, 1985, 99 Stat. 1224, 1261; Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(h) [title II, § 201], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783–242, 1783–281, and Pub. L. 99–591, § 101(h) [title II, § 201], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341–242, 3341–281; Pub. L. 100–202, § 101(g) [title II, § 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, § 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.

     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.

     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’."