Conference Position Paper (1976): Conference Proceeding 01

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1 Unversty of Rhode sland Conference Poston Paper (1976) Educaton: Natonal Endowment for the Arts and Humantes, Subject Fles ( ) 1976 Conference Poston Paper (1976): Conference Proceedng 01 Follow ths and addtonal works at: 32 Recommended Ctaton "Conference Poston Paper (1976): Conference Proceedng 01" (1976). Conference Poston Paper (1976). Paper /7http://dgtalcommons.ur.edu/pell_neh 32/7 Ths Conference Proceedng s brought to you for free and open access by the Educaton: Natonal Endowment for the Arts and Humantes, Subject Fles ( ) at DgtalCommons@UR. t has been accepted for ncluson n Conference Poston Paper (1976) by an authorzed admnstrator of DgtalCommons@UR. For more nformaton, please contact dgtalcommons@etal.ur.edu.

2 -,. ARTS AND HWJ.ANTES COWEfl:~lCE -- Jul 29, 3 p.mo EF We have had three prelmnary meetngs on the reauthorzaton at staff level o Partcpants: Greg Fusoo, Lo Bddle -- Senate Jack Duncan (Brademas) House Marty LaVor ( Al Que) Where are four dfferen::es between the Senate am House blls, whch we could not resolve, other than to pnpont them as the ssues of the Conference;, le state Humantes Programso Ao You 1 ll recall the Senate bll (wth fnal Javts amen:ment) provdes the States wth four optons for ther State-based programs o They can choose: a. an exstng State Arts and Human. tes program (11 States) bo a new "entty" whch would be just for the Humantes co an exstq; State commttee (set up under Berman) whch would phase n a plan to have a majorty of ts members app:>nted by the State govermr wthn 3 years d. an exstng State cpnmttee,,(ths s the Javts amendment) provded that t establsh an approprate grevan::e procedure to take care of complants Ths procedure would requre State nvolvement. --.e o the State would ha-..-e to approve the procedure, and major complants would ~ adjudcated at a State levelo.. ~lltdc - --~.., The man pont here s that. the State chooses among these optons 0 The State desgnates whch of the a rove wll co:rrluct ts program -- only orn opton can be desgnatedo Bo The House bll provdes for Je optons - a new or exstng State-run program (as n the case of the 11 States above whch have jont Arts and Humantes programs)uo OR a State commttee (set up by Berman, provded t have two rnern'bers apponted by the govermro) 'JOLL~Z. ---/ The man pont. here s that Berman (the Charman) chooses among l these optons -- and only "ore-can be selectedo The House people argue that ther bll guarantees fundng for the State programs n law for the frst tme (true), and that there s some gubernatoral nput (true) -- but under the House bll the present status quo could be readly contnued. co Under our bll, the States would decde f they wa..11ted to contnue an exstng ptructure, or change t o o o The Humau. tes consttuemy has been lobbyng hard for the House verson 0

3 .. Confere:me o oo Arts an:l Human..tes -2-2o Fundng levels o These two tables show the levels n the two blls: CosT EsTMA'Y A n co:planc~ wth S~cton 252 (a) of t~e Legslnth:e Reo:ganzaton ct, -~he. Comm1ttee es~1.:nat's the followmg costs wll be mcurrcd n carry mg out the provs1ons of ths legslaton. lln mllons of dollars],l r " J Ttle : Endowment for the arts Endowment for huma, @ 11~ j! r Ttle 11: Museum seryces mles ) T!tle ll: Arts challenge granprqram ZS 1) Ttle V: Arts educaton program ) Ttle V: ) 1) Humantes challenge graqt program-pt. A Photo and flm project-pt 8 :::::::: 15 zo 5 5 (1~ ~~ (1 Total : (') (1) Such sums. fscal year ' Authorzaton amounts: 220 * 252.'V~ "~--~m: l:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ' ('~ _.,...>Ttle ll. - ~! ~~~ ~-----' ) /J.-rs r /,.:-'J Total _ ( ) (1) /fuj.t1..t;:;,. c'''""' f e'11 l such sums as ma~ be necessary. * Note: the House bll dvdes evenly sj.ms for the two Endowments: FY, '77 -- Arts, $110 mllon Humantes, $110 mllon FY, q 8 -- Arts, $126 ml o Hwnantes, $126 mo The Senate fgures reflect a $10 mllon dfferen:::e for the 2 years bttween Arts arrl Humantes wth the Arts gettng $10 mllon more. Ttle -- Museum servces s the sane n both blls re fundng $15 m.lo for FY '77, $25 ml. for FY 178. Ttle -- n the Senate bll s just for Arts (Specal Challer:ge Program), f~ / 1n the House bll the Specal Challe rge Program s for Arts and Humantes. Each shares n House verson. Levels are the > same n both bllso

4 Arts and Humantes Cbnference -L- Funng Levels ( Cbntnued) Ttle V -- Senate has Arts Educaton program ($10 mlo each yr.,) ( Would be run by the Arts En::owmento (House bll has nothng comparable) Ttle PART A V -- Senate bll has separate Bcentennal- drected Humantes challenge program. Ths s the Rockefeller ( proposal (for a reaffrmaton of our foundng, prncples, etc 0 ) Fundng s the same as for the Arts challenge program n the Senate bll -- $15 mlo for FY 1 77 arrl $20 ml for FY PART B Senate bll has a spe c:.al ( $5 ml. per year) photography am flm project, to make a R.centennalperod portrat of the Unted States ooo Program would be corrlucted essentalj..y by State arts councls at the State level (t's supported by R).. o t 7 stems from Senator Mondale's partcular nterest n ths area. He has held specal hearngs on ths concept (orgnally as a CETA program) eoo He requested ncluson of the proposed program n the present legslatono lbte: All above fund~ levels are made 11 such sums as 11 for FY 179 and 1 80 ooo The bll s thus a FOUR YEAR REAUTHORZATONo ~also: For the frst two fscal years, the Semte and House~ are vrtually dentcal_ -- $250 ml. for FYS77 $300 m.lo (Senate for FY '78; $297 m.lo (House for FY 1 78) * * * * ** * * * 3o Museums -- Poth blls provde for!,b NS''TUTE FOR MUSEUM SERVCES Senate Bll (Javts amen:ment) places ths nsttute wthn the Natonal Fourrlaton on the Arts and the Humantes o House Bll places the nsttute wthn HEWo The House poston appears very set on ths ssue, partcularly because Mr. Que has stated that he wll only support a museums program under HEW 0 00 John Brade:nas agreed wth ths arraq;ellj3nt (t was the locaton -- faut de meux -... n the legslaton of years gone b:ro) f(!

5 -. 4o Humantes Bcentennal Cllallenge Programuo You'll recall that ths program orgnated from dscussons we had earler n the year wth John Rockefeller.oo that Seno Mathas ntroduced legslaton wth Pat Sbhroeder n the House (from Bcentennal-related O:>ngressonaJ. vantage pont.s).. o that the Arts and Humantes Sub::omo con:ucted specal hearr.gs n Aprl on the subject matter -- arrl that Seno Javts proposed the legslatve format to ~lude ths n the reauthorzatono t would serve to-- focus attenton on the reeds brought out n the haarngs provde the Humantes Endowment wth ther own challenge grant areao The House bll contans nothng smlar o As noted above t provdes a Challenge Program (under a rew Ttle) for the Arts and Humantes together o n rnaey ways, ths latter arrar.gement seems admnstratvely dffcuj.to Our Senate soluton appeared to resolve satsfactorly the concerns of Rockefeller, the Humantes Errlowment:., al:d. maey who are dsturbed by the falure of the present B. Cent o celebraton to leave behn any perma.m:nt contrbuton to the future development of the count.ry 0 Buto oo The legslaton (Part A -- Ttle V of the Senate bll) appears row n trouble n the House., Ths seems caused by -- Rockefeller mt do:r:g hs homework on the House sde; &rma.n's balkng at the concept -- he seems to feel t s lmtng., Note: &fore the Conf.'ereme, some dffcultes on ths program may be cleared up., There are to be some added meetngs, not aw th us, wt wth other prmpals nvolved o More manageable Problemsooo Arts Educaton (Ttle V of the Senate bll) (Not n the House bll) Ths stenmed from wshes expressed to us by Roger Stevens and Jean Kennedy Smth who runs the Allame for Arts Educaton enenatrg from the Kennedy. Center, also from Bud Arberg, Arts arrl Humantes drector at OEoe. an from convctons that an nvestment here could be one of the very best features of the bll, n buldrg a new awareness for the values of the arts and more krowledgeable and apprecatve future audemes as well as partcpantsooo The program was to be conucted by the Arts Enowment, where there s consderable expertse, as Sen. Javts ponted out at the mark-ups., We have had some crtques, chefly that the Arts Errlowment s not the rght place for the program, that t should go to OE.,

6 .. Arts and Humantes Confereree -5- Beenternal Photo an Flm Project.. o At the moment there s no great enthusasm on the House sde for ths one o 'Whle a om-shot project, or one whch could re shortened n the legslaton,. t does suggest the old "lne-tem'' bugaboo for ore partcular art form. f t s to survve, t wll reed vgorous defense o Other more m.nor dfferen::es: 1. Surplus Federal personal property - Our Senate bll makes t possble for Arts arrl Humantes grantees to receve ths k:al of property n connecton wth ther grants... J1al13 feel ths would save money for the taxpayer, te cause of the dfferental n cost o eo We have a number of letters whch ezrphasze ths aspect o eo But,. both houses are workng on comprehensve legslaton to deal wth surplus property gererallyo We may want to defer on ths oneo 2. Both blls rem::>ve a restrcton on the Arts Endowment wth regards to support of arts actvtes abroado The Senate bll (Hathaway amenment) does not go as far as the Houseo The House would permt support of actvtes outsde the Unted States wthout qualfcaton f thefr-- are, of course, of A1Ercan orgno The Senate bll tes n a se!f-mprovenent factor 0 An arts group could only be supported for a foregn tour, for example,. f such a tour would serve to ~rease the stature of the compaey and thus mprove the arts n the Unted States when the compaey returred.. o Ths seems a farly flexble pont, whch could be resolved n report language ~