Federal Advisory Commission on the Arts: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Eighty-fifth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 3541, and Related Bills, to Provide for the Establishment of a Federal Advisory Commission on the Arts, and for Other Purposes ...

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Page 28 - The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amendments were concurred in. The amendment was agreed to. , The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The title was amended so as to read:
Page 33 - It shall be the duty of such commission to advise upon the location of statues, fountains, and monuments in the public squares, streets, and parks in the District of Columbia, and upon the selection of models for statues, fountains, and monuments erected under the authority of the United States and upon the selection of artists for the execution of the same.
Page 65 - National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965". DECLARATION OF PURPOSE SEC. 2. The Congress hereby finds and declares— (1) that the encouragement and support of national progress and scholarship in the humanities and the arts, while primarily a matter for private and local initiative, is also an appropriate matter of concern to the Federal Government...
Page 7 - Be it enacted by the Senate and Bouse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Housing Amendments of 1957".
Page 35 - ... to the prosecution or participation in the prosecution, by any person so appointed, of any claim against the Government involving any matter...
Page 33 - Union, and ordered to be printed [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed In italic] A BILL To...
Page 10 - Each member shall hold office for a term of six years, except that (1) any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed, shall be appointed for the remainder of such term; and (2) the terms of office of the members first taking office after the date of...
Page 38 - Acceleration of the Missile Program. Whereas the President of the United States in his State of the Union Message...
Page 148 - In the advancement of the various activities which will make our civilization endure and flourish, the Federal Government should do more to give official recognition to the importance of the arts and other cultural activities.
Page 19 - Its responsibilities will be to: (1) recommend ways to maintain and increase the cultural resources of the United States...

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