Native Arts and Culture Promotion Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill updates governance requirements for grants supporting American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian art and culture, with added requirements for Native Hawaiian boards.
Who Benefits and How
Native Hawaiian art and culture initiatives could receive grant governance that more clearly requires Native Hawaiian representation and continuity on governing boards.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Grant recipients and administering entities would need to maintain boards and comply with the bill's revised board-composition and term requirements.
Key Provisions
- Revises the statute governing grants for American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian culture and art activities.
- Requires relevant entities not just to establish but to maintain governing boards.
- Requires Native Hawaiian grant boards to include Native Hawaiians and recognized Native Hawaiian art and culture experts serving fixed terms.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill updates governance requirements for grants supporting American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian art and culture, with added requirements for Native Hawaiian boards.
Key Policy Areas
Education, Government Administration
Primary Purpose
This bill updates governance requirements for grants supporting American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian art and culture, with added requirements for Native Hawaiian boards.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Native Hawaiian art and culture communities seeking stronger representation in grant-governance structures
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Grant recipients and administrators that must maintain boards and follow the revised composition rules
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Schatz (for himself, Ms. Hirono, and Ms. Murkowski) introduced …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Organizations receiving Native arts and culture grants that must maintain and structure governing boards under the revised rules
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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