§ 4401. — Findings.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 20USC4401]
TITLE 20--EDUCATION
CHAPTER 56--AMERICAN INDIAN, ALASKA NATIVE, AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN CULTURE
AND ART DEVELOPMENT
Sec. 4401. Findings
The Congress finds that--
(1) Indian art and culture and Native Hawaiian art and culture
have contributed greatly to the artistic and cultural richness of
the Nation;
(2) Indian art and culture and Native Hawaiian art and culture
occupy a unique position in American history as being our only
native art form and cultural heritage;
(3) the enhancement and preservation of this Nation's native art
and culture has a fundamental positive influence on the American
people;
(4) although the encouragement and support of Indian and Native
Hawaiian arts and crafts are primarily a matter for private, local,
and Indian and Native Hawaiian initiative, it is also an appropriate
matter of concern to the Federal Government;
(5) it is appropriate and necessary for the Federal Government
to support research and scholarship in Indian art and culture and
Native Hawaiian art and culture and to complement programs for the
advancement of such art and culture by tribal, private, and public
agencies and organizations;
(6) current Federal initiatives in the area of Indian art and
culture and Native Hawaiian art and culture are fragmented and
inadequate; and
(7) in order to coordinate the Federal Government's effort to
preserve, support, revitalize, and disseminate Indian art and
culture and Native Hawaiian art and culture, it is desirable to
establish--
(A) a national Institute of American Indian and Alaska
Native Culture and Arts Development, and
(B) a program for Native Hawaiian culture and arts
development.
(Pub. L. 99-498, title XV, Sec. 1502, Oct. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 1600.)
Short Title of 1994 Amendment
Pub. L. 103-239, title VII, Sec. 721, May 4, 1994, 108 Stat. 606,
provided that: ``This title [probably should be ``subtitle'' meaning
subtitle C [Secs. 721, 722] of title VII of Pub. L. 103-239, amending
section 4441 of this title] may be cited as the `Alaska Native Culture
and Arts Development Act'.''
Short Title
Section 1501 of title XV of Pub. L. 99-498 provided that: ``This
title [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the `American Indian,
Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Culture and Art Development Act'.''
