To amend the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 to make available additional funds to increase access to the arts through the support of education.

October 2, 2003

Mrs. WILSON of New Mexico introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

To amend the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 to make available additional funds to increase access to the arts through the support of education.

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 `Arts Education Advancement Act of 2003'.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

(a) USE OF FUNDS FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION- Section 5A(b) of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 954a(b)) is amended--

(1) in paragraph (8) by striking `and' at the end,

(2) in paragraph (9) by striking the period at the end and inserting `; and', and

(3) by adding at the end the following:

`(10) increase accessibility to the arts through art education in formal systems of elementary and secondary education.'.

(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS- Section 11(f)(1) of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 960(f)(1)) is amended--

(1) by striking `$175,000,000, 50 percent' and inserting `$98,000,000, 100 percent', and

(2) by adding at the end the following `Of the aggregate amount made available to carry out section 5A in any fiscal year, 50 percent shall be made available for the use specified in section 5A(b)(10).'.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the 1st day of the 1st fiscal year that begins after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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