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 90 STAT. 1978

PUBLIC LAW 94-462—OCT. 8, 1976 (2) in paragraph (3) thereof, as so redesignated by paragraph (1), by striking out "and" immediately after "Arts" and inserting in lieu thereof a comma, and by inserting "and the Institute of Museum Services," immediately after "Humanities,"; and (3) in paragraph (4) thereof, as so redesignated by paragraph (1), by inserting "and the Institute of Museum Services" immediately after "Foundation".

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AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

20 USC 967.

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SEC. 209. (a) For the purpose of making grants under section 206 (a), there are authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1978, and such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 1979 and 1980. (b) There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to administer the provisions of this title. (c) Sums appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) for any fiscal year shall remain available for obligation and expenditure until expended. (d) For the purpose of enabling the Institute to carry out its functions under this title, during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending October 1, 1980, there is authorized to be appropriated an amount equal to the amount contributed during such period to the Institute under section 207. DEFINITIONS

20 USC 968.

SEC. 210. For the purpose of this title, the term— (1) "Board" means the National Museum Services Board established under section 203; (2) "Director" means the Director of the Institute established under section 203; (3) "Institute" means the Institute of Museum Services established under section 203; and (4) "museum" means a public or private nonprofit agency or institution organized on a permanent basis for essentially educational or esthetic purposes, vt'hich, utilizing a professional staff, owns or utilizes tangible objects, cares for them, and exhibits them to the public on a regular basis.

TITLE III—CHALLENGE GRANT PROGRAMS ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAMS

20 USC 954.

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SEC. 301. (a) Section 5 of the National Foundation of the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(1)(1) The Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, with the advice of the National Council on the Arts, is authorized, in accordance with the provisions of this subsection, to establish and carry out a program of contracts with, or grants-in-aid to, public agencies and private nonprofit organizations for the purpose of— "(A) enabling cultural organizations and institutions to increase the levels of continuing support and to increase the range of contributors to the programs of such organizations or institutions; "(B) providing administrative and management improvements for cultural organizations and institutions, particularly in the field of long-range financial planning; [,

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