National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
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The National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities is an agency of the United States federal government that was established in 1965. Its purpose is to "develop and promote a broadly conceived national policy of support for the humanities and the arts in the United States, and for institutions which preserve the cultural heritage of the United States."[1]
It is composed of four sub-agencies:
- National Endowment for the Arts
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- Institute of Museum and Library Services
- Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities
Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities
The Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities has 19 members:[2]
- Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts
- Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities
- Secretary of Education
- Director of the National Science Foundation
- Librarian of Congress
- Chairman of the Commission of Fine Arts
- Archivist of the United States
- Commissioner of the Public Buildings Service of the General Services Administration
- Administrator of the General Services Administration
- Director of the United States Information Agency
- Secretary of the Interior
- Secretary of Commerce
- Secretary of Transportation
- Chairman of the National Museum Services Board
- Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services
- Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
- Secretary of Labor
- Secretary of Veterans Affairs
- Commissioner of the Administration on Aging
References
- ↑ "National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities". Federal Register. https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-foundation-on-the-arts-and-the-humanities.
- ↑ "Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities". Federal Register. October 1, 2022. https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-council-on-the-arts-and-the-humanities.
Further reading
- The National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities. Know your government. Chelsea House. 1989. ISBN 9781555461157.
External links
- National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 as amended (PDF/details) in the GPO Statute Compilations collection
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