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PUBLIC LAW 89-209-SEPT. 29, 1965

[79 STAT.

related to the presentation, perforaiance, execution, and exliibition of such major art forms. (c) The term "production" means plays (with or without music), ballet, dance and choral performances, concerts, recitals, operas, exhibitions, readings, motion pictures, television, radio, and tape and sound recordings, and any other activities involving the execution or rendition of the arts and meeting such standards as may be approved by the National Endowment for the Arts established by section 5 of this Act. (d) The term "project" means programs organized to carry out the purposes of this Act, including programs to foster American artistic creativity, to commission works of art, to create opportunities for individuals to develop artistic talents when carried on as a part of a program otherwise included in this definition, and to develop and enhance public knowledge and understanding of the arts, and includes, where appropriate, rental, purchase, renovation, or construction of facilities, purchase or rental of land, and acquisition of equipment. (e) The term "group" includes any State or other public agency, and any nonprofit society, institution, organization, association, museum, or establishment in the United States, whether or not incorporated. (f) The term "workshop" means a production the primary purpose of which is to encourage the artistic development or enjoyment of amateur, student, or other nonprofessional participants. (g) The term "State" includes, in addition to the several States of the Union, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands. ESTABLISHMENT OF A N A T I O N A L F O U N D A T I O N ON THE ARTS A N D THE HUMANITIES

SEC. 4. (a) There is established a National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities (hereinafter referred to as the "Foundation"), which shall be composed of a National Endowment for the Arts, a National Endowment for the Humanities, and a Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities (hereinafter established). (b) The purpose of the Foundation shall be to develop and promote a broadly conceived national policy of support for the humanities and the arts in the United States pursuant to this Act. (c) In the administration of this Act no department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States shall exercise any direction, supervision, or control over the policy determination, personnel, or curriculum, or the administration or operation of any school or other nonFederal agency, institution, organization, or association. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE N A T I O N A L ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS

SEC. 5. (a) There is established within the Foundation a National Endowment for the Arts. (b) The Endowment shall be headed by a Chairman, to be known as the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. (c) The Chairman, with the advice of the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities and the National Council on the Arts, is authorized to establish and carry out a program of grants-in-aid to groups or, in appropriate cases, to individuals engaged in or concerned with the arts, for the purpose of enabling them to provide or support in the United States— (1) productions which have substantial artistic and cultural significance, giving emphasis to American creativity and the maintenance and encouragement of professional excellence;

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