Public Law 89-209

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United States federal statute public law

Public Law 89-209 is the 1965 U.S. federal statute that established the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities to support and promote cultural and scholarly activities nationwide.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
P.L. 89-209	1
Public Law 89-209 canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ public law ⓘ
administeredBy	The National Endowment for the Arts ⓘ surface form: National Endowment for the Arts National Endowment for the Humanities ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 ⓘ surface form: National Arts and Humanities Act of 1965
appliesTo	states and territories of the United States ⓘ
authorizes	federal grants for arts organizations ⓘ federal grants for humanities organizations ⓘ fellowships and scholarships in the arts and humanities ⓘ support for museums, libraries, and cultural institutions ⓘ
branchOfGovernment	legislative branch of the United States ⓘ
codifiedIn	Title 20 of the United States Code ⓘ
congressNumber	89 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
creates	National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities ⓘ
dateSigned	1965-09-29 ⓘ
effectiveDate	1965-09-29 ⓘ
enactedBy	89th United States Congress ⓘ
encourages	state arts agencies ⓘ state humanities councils ⓘ
establishes	National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities ⓘ surface form: National Council on the Arts National Council on the Humanities ⓘ The National Endowment for the Arts ⓘ surface form: National Endowment for the Arts National Endowment for the Humanities ⓘ
fundingMechanism	annual appropriations by the United States Congress ⓘ
historicalContext	Great Society ⓘ surface form: Great Society legislation
impact	established permanent federal role in funding arts and humanities ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
legalStatus	in force, as amended ⓘ
legislativeNumber	Public Law 89-209 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: P.L. 89-209
officeholderAtTimeOfSigning	President of the United States ⓘ
policyStatement	recognizes the arts and humanities as a public good essential to the well-being of the nation ⓘ
purpose	to support and promote artistic and cultural activities in the United States ⓘ to support and promote humanities scholarship and public programs in the United States ⓘ
relatedOrganization	The National Endowment for the Arts ⓘ surface form: National Endowment for the Arts National Endowment for the Humanities ⓘ
shortTitle	National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 ⓘ
signedBy	Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
sponsorLevel	bipartisan support in Congress ⓘ
subjectMatter	arts policy ⓘ federal cultural funding ⓘ humanities policy ⓘ
typeOfGrant	individual fellowships ⓘ operating support grants ⓘ project grants ⓘ
yearEnacted	1965 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 → publicLawNumber → Public Law 89-209 ⓘ

Public Law 89-209 → legislativeNumber → Public Law 89-209 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: P.L. 89-209