Native Arts and Culture Promotion Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8973 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8973

   To amend the American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian 
                    Culture and Art Development Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 9, 2024

  Ms. Tokuda (for herself, Mrs. Peltola, and Mr. Case) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                             the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian 
                    Culture and Art Development Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Native Arts and Culture Promotion 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO AMERICAN INDIAN, ALASKA NATIVE, AND NATIVE 
              HAWAIIAN CULTURE AND ART DEVELOPMENT ACT.

    Section 1521 of the American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native 
Hawaiian Culture and Art Development Act (20 U.S.C. 4441) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``private,''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
            ``(2) For any grants made with respect to Native Hawaiian 
        art and culture, the members of the governing board which is 
        required to be established under paragraph (1) shall--
                    ``(A) include Native Hawaiians and individuals 
                widely recognized in the field of Native Hawaiian art 
                and culture, and
                    ``(B) serve for a fixed term.''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), striking the comma 
                        at the end and inserting ``, and'';
                            (ii) by striking subparagraph (B); and
                            (iii) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 
                        subparagraph (B).
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