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PUBLIC LAW 98-000—MMMM. DD, 1984

98 STAT. 226 President of U.S.

8 USC 1445.

Funds.

PUBLIC LAW 98-306—MAY 31, 1984 (b)(1) The President shall from time to time award the National Medal of Arts, on the basis of recommendations from the National Council on the Arts, to individuals or groups who in the President's judgment are deserving of special recognition by reason of their outstanding contributions to the excellence, growth, support, and availability of the arts in the United States. (2) Not more than twelve of such medals may be awarded in any calendar year. (3) An individual may be awarded the National Medal of Arts only if at the time such award is made such individual— (A) is a citizen or other national of the United States; or (B) is an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence who (i) has filed an application or petition for naturalization in the manner prescribed by section 334 of the Immigration and Nationality Act and (ii) is not permanently ineligible to become a citizen of the United States. (4) A group may be awarded the National Medal of Arts only if such group is organized or incorporated in the United States. (5) The presentation of the National Medal of Arts shall be made by the President with such ceremonies as the President may deem proper, including attendance by appropriate Members of Congress. (c) Funds made available to the National Endowment for the Arts shall be used to carry out this section. INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN ARTS

25 USC 310.

Effective date. Study.

Report.

SEC. 14. (a)(1) To the extent of the availability of funds for such purpose, the Secretary of the Interior shall: (A) enter into a thirty-year agreement with the College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico, to provide educational facilities for the use of, and to develop cooperative educational/arts programs to be carried out with the postsecondary fine arts and museum services programs of, the Institute of American Indian Arts administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs; and (B) conduct such activities as are necessary to improve the facilities used by the Institute of American Indian Arts at the College of Santa Fe. (2) The provisions of this subsection shall take effect on October 1, 1984. (b)(1) The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, is directed to conduct a study for the purpose of determining the need, if any, for a museum facility to be established for the benefit of the Institute of American Indian Arts, the feasibility of establishing such museum, and the need or desiraloility, if any, to establish any such museum in close proximity to the facilities currently being used by such Institute at the College of Santa Fe. (2) On or before February 1, 1985, the Secretary of the Interior shall report the results of such study, together with his recommendations, to the Congress.