Arts, Humanities, and Museums Amendments of 1990

Summary

Arts, Humanities, and Museums Amendments of 1990 - Amends the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (NFAHA) to include all those traditional arts practiced by the diverse peoples of this country under the definition of "the arts." Includes among supportable projects those that: (1) develop and enhance the widest public knowledge and understanding of the arts; (2) encourage public education in the arts; (3) enhance managerial and organizational skills and capacities; or (4) are international projects or productions. Authorizes contracts or grants to stimulate artistic activity and awareness which are in keeping with the varied cultural traditions of this Nation. Directs the Chairpersons of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to employ practical national information systems on the arts and on the humanities to prepare quadrennial (currently, biennial) state of the arts reports for the President and the Congress. Authorizes NEH financial assistance to foster programs and projects that provide access to and preserve materials important to research, education, and public understanding of the humanities. Authorizes the following NEH annual awards: (1) the Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities, for distinguished intellectual achievement in the humanities; and (2) the Charles Frankel Prize, to up to five persons each year for outstanding contributions to the public's understanding of the humanities. Repeals authorization for a study of Federal support to museums by the Federal Council on the Arts and Humanities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1995 for the NEA and the NEH. Amends the Museum Services Act (MSA) to revise membership and meetings of the National Museum Service Board and certain provisions concerning the Director of the Institute of Museum Services. Authorizes appropriations for: (1) grants to museums to increase and improve museum services; and (2) the Institute of Museum Services. Amends the Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Act to increase the maximum limits, for indemnity agreements under such Act, on: (1) aggregate loss or damage covered by all such agreements at any one time; (2) loss or damage covered for a single exhibition; and (3) the deductible for a single exhibition, according to the amount covered. Amends the Arts, Humanities and Museums Amendments of 1985 to repeal the mandate for a study by the Comptroller General, which was due one year after the enactment of such Act, on alternative Federal funding of the arts and humanities. Amends Federal law relating to Federal officials to add the Director of the Institute of Museum Services to the list of positions at level IV of the Executive Schedule.

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Timeline

1. 15 May 1990

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 15 May 1990

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 15 May 1990

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 11 June 1990

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education.

   Source: Committee

5. 11 June 1990

   Committee

   Executive Comment Requested from Natl Endow Arts, Natl Endow Humanities.

   Source: Committee

6. 19 June 1990

   Reported

   Ordered to be Reported.

   Source: Committee

7. 19 June 1990

   Committee

   Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education Discharged.

   Source: Committee

8. 19 June 1990

   Committee

   Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

   Source: Committee

9. 28 June 1990

   Calendars

   Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 350.

   Source: Calendars

10. 28 June 1990

    Reported

    Reported by the Committee on Education and Labor. H. Rept. 101-566.

    Source: Committee

11. 28 June 1990

    Reported

    Reported by the Committee on Education and Labor. H. Rept. 101-566.

    Source: Committee

12. 17 July 1990

    Floor

    SUBMITTING AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES COMMITTEE - Mr. Moakley notified the House that Members desiring to submit amendments to be made in order by the Rules Committee for consideration of H.R. 4825 must do so by 5 P.M. on July 23, 1990.

    Source: Floor

13. 4 October 1990

    Reported

    Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 494 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4825 with 1 hour 0 of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. No amendment to the bill shall be in order except the amendments printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. Said amendments shall be considered and debated in the manner specified in the report. Mr. Crane and Mr. Rohrabacher shall each be allowed to offer amendments en bloc.

    Source: Floor

14. 11 October 1990

    Floor

    Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 494.

    Source: Floor

15. 11 October 1990

    Floor

    The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 4825.

    Source: Floor

16. 11 October 1990

    Passed

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

    Source: Floor

17. 11 October 1990

    Vote

    On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 349 - 76 (Roll no. 449).

    Source: Floor

18. 11 October 1990

    Vote

    Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 349 - 76 (Roll no. 449).

    Source: Floor

19. 11 October 1990

    Passed

    The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

    Source: Floor

20. 11 October 1990

    Floor

    The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

    Source: Floor

21. 11 October 1990

    Floor

    The Speaker designated the Honorable John P. Murtha to act as Chairman of the Committee.

    Source: Floor

22. 11 October 1990

    Floor

    House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 494 and Rule XXIII.

    Source: Floor

23. 11 October 1990

    Floor

    Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4825 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. No amendment to the bill shall be in order except the amendments printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. Said amendments shall be considered and debated in the manner specified in the report. Mr. Crane and Mr. Rohrabacher shall each be allowed to offer amendments en bloc.

    Source: Floor

24. 11 October 1990

    Passed

    Rule H. Res. 494 passed House.

    Source: Floor

25. 15 October 1990

    Introduced

    Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 985.

    Source: Calendars

Votes

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Versions

• Engrossed in House · undated · Official file
• Introduced in House · undated · Official file
• Placed on Calendar Senate · undated · Official file
• Reported in House · undated · Official file

Documents

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• Reported in House (text)

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• Placed on Calendar Senate (text)

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN

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• Engrossed in House (text)

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• Passed House amended

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 15 May 1990

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Sponsors

• Rep. Williams, Pat [D-MT-1] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Bilbray, James H. [D-NV-1] · D · Cosponsor
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Related records

• related to → Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 4825) to amend the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, and for other purposes.
• related to ← Arts, Humanities, and Museums Amendments of 1990