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 89 STAT. 1130

PUBLIC LAW 94-201—JAN. 2, 1976 (4) the term "group" includes any State or public agency or institution and any nonprofit society, institution, organization, association, or establishment in the United States; (5) the term "Librarian" means the Librarian of Congress; (6) 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; and (7) the term "workshop" means an activity the primary purpose of which is to encourage the development of skills, appreciation, or enjoyment of American folklife among amateur, student, or nonprofessional participants, or to promote scholarship or teaching among the participants. ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTER

American Folklife Center.

20 USC 2103. Membership.

Regional balance.

Term.

Compensation.

SEC. 4. (a) There is hereby established in the Library of Congress an American Folklife Center. (b) The Center shall be under the direction of a Board of Trustees. The Board shall be composed as follows— (1) four members appointed by the President from among individuals who are officials of Federal departments and agencies concerned with some aspect of American folklife traditions and arts; (2) four members appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate from among individuals from private life Avho are widely recognized by virtue of their scholarship, experience, creativity, or interest in American folklife traditions and arts, and four members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives from among such individuals; (3) the Librarian of Congress; (4) the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; (5) the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts; (6) the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities; and (7) the Director of the Center. In making appointments from private life under clause 2, the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall give due consideration to the appointment of individuals who collectively will provide appropriate regional balance on the Board. Not more than three of the members appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate or by the Speaker of the House of Representatives may be affiliated with the same political party. (c) The term of office of each appointed member of the Board shall be six years; except that (1)(A) the members first appointed under clause (1) of subsection (b) shall serve as designated by the President, one for a term of two years, two for a term of four years, and one for a term of six years, and (Bj the members first appointed under clause (2) of subsection (b) shall serve as jointly designated by the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, two for terms of two years, four for terms of four years, and two for terms of six years; and (2) any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term to which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term. (d) Members of the Board who are not regular full-time employees of the United States shall be entitled, while serving on business of the Center, to receive compensation at rates fixed by the Librarian, but not

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