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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[edit]

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[edit]

^ "National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities". Federal Register. Retrieved October 1, 2022.

^ "Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities". Federal Register. October 1, 2022.

Further reading[edit]

Sawyer, Kem Knapp (1989). The National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities. Know your government. Chelsea House. ISBN 9781555461157.

Lyndon B. Johnson

36th President of the United States (1963–1969)
37th Vice President of the United States (1961–1963)
U.S. Senator from Texas (1949–1961)
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Economic policy	Revenue Act of 1964 Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 Urban Mass Transportation Administration Coinage Act of 1965 Food and Agriculture Act of 1965 High-Speed Ground Transportation Act of 1965 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (1965) Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act (1966) Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (1966) National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act (1966) Tax Adjustment Act of 1966 Agricultural Fair Practices Act of 1967 U.S. Department of Transportation (1967) Wholesome Meat Act (1967) Architectural Barriers Act of 1968 Consumer Credit Protection Act of 1968 Truth in Lending Act Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1968 Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 Ginnie Mae National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 National Flood Insurance Program Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act of 1968 Revenue and Expenditure Control Act of 1968 Williams Act (1968)
Environmental policy	Wilderness Act (1964) Land and Water Conservation Fund (1965) Motor Vehicle Air Pollution Control Act of 1965 Rivers and Harbors Act of 1965 Solid Waste Disposal Act of 1965 Clean Waters Restoration Act (1966) National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 Air Quality Act of 1967 National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (1968)
Great Society/ War on Poverty	Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 Community Action Agencies Head Start Job Corps Office of Economic Opportunity Food Stamp Act of 1964 Food Stamp Program AmeriCorps VISTA (1965) Elementary and Secondary Education Act (1965) Higher Education Act of 1965 FAFSA Federal Family Education Loan Program Federal Work-Study Program Pell Grant Stafford Loan Student loans in the United States Teacher Corps TRIO Upward Bound National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities 1965; National Endowment for the Arts National Endowment for the Humanities Older Americans Act (1965) Administration on Aging Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 Economic Development Administration Social Security Amendments of 1965 Medicare Medicaid Model Cities Program (1966) National Historic Preservation Act 1966; National Register of Historic Places National Historic Landmark State Historic Preservation Office Bilingual Education Act (1967) Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 Corporation for Public Broadcasting PBS NPR

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