Dillion, Douglas, president, board of trustees, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, N.Y.; and George C. Seybolt, president emeritis, Museum of Lee, Sherman E., director, the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio; Barbara Shissler, director, University Art Gallery, University of Minne- sota, Minneapolis, Minn.; and Mitchell Wilder, director, Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Fort Worth, Tex., a panel.... Berman, Dr. Ronald, Chairman, Federal Council on the Arts and the Hu- manities and Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities; Nancy Hanks, Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts; accom- panied by John R. Spencer, Director, Museum program; and Michael American Institute of Marine Underwriters, Thomas A. Fain, executive vice president, prepared statement___ Berman, Dr. Ronald, Chairman, Federal Council on the Arts and the Hu- manities and Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities; Nancy Hanks, Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts; accom- panied by John R. Spencer, Director, Museum program; and Michael Straight, Deputy Chairman, a panel_. Dillion, Douglas, president, board of trustees, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, N.Y.; and George C. Seybolt, president emeritis, Museum of Lee, Sherman E., director, the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, N.Y., prepared statement- William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, (V) 118 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Listings of exhibitions supplied to museums in various States.. Summary of Valuations Covered by British Treasury Indemnities for Major Exhibitions, 1970-75, and the Claims Which Were Paid or are Pending (as reported to the Metropolitan Museum)_ To Visitors of the Soviet Exhibit in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, letter from Chairman Leonid I. Brezhnev, U.S.S.R_. Communications to: Brademas, Hon. John, a Representative in Congress from the State Chalmers, E. L., Jr., president, the Art Institute of Chicago, 125 Murphy, Dr. Franklin D., chairman of the board, Times Mirror, 48 Sherwood, Richard E., president, board of trustees, Los Angeles 126 127 124 Cheston, George M., president, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 131 Hardison, O. B., Jr., chairman, Independent Research Libraries 123 McCloskey, Robert J., Assistant Secretary for Congressional Rela- 110 Menick, Jeffrey M., associate counsel, American Insurance Asso- 137 Millsaps, Daniel W., II, editor and publisher, Washington Inter- 135 134 Turner, Evan H., president, Association of Art Museum Directors, 122 Shissler, Barbara, director, University Art Gallery, Universtiy of 69 130 ARTS AND ARTIFACTS INDEMNITY ACT, 1975 Joint Hearings WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1975 U.S. SENATE, SPECIAL SUBCOMMITTEE ON ARTS AND HUMANITIES, SELECT SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR, Washington, D.C. The joint hearings convened, pursuant to notice, at 1:30 a.m., in room 4232, Dirksen Senate Office Building, the Honorable Claiborne Pell presiding. Present: Senators Pell, Mondale, Javits; Representatives Brademas, Lehman and Pressler. Senator PELL. The joint hearing of the Special Subcommittee on Arts and Humanities of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare and the Subcommittee on Select Education of the House Committee on Education and Labor will come to order. This morning we will hear testimony on that portion of S. 1800 and H.R. 7216 dealing with the Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Act. This proposed legislation concerns itself with a subject which has been discussed on the Hill, in museums, and at other Federal agencies, for quite some time. It would, in essence, establish a Federal program of indemnity to cover exhibitions which are brought to the United States as part-and this is an important point-of our ongoing international cultural activities. At this point in the record I ask that the texts of S. 1800 and H.R. 7216 be printed. [The bills referred to follow:] (1) 94TH CONGRESS 18T SESSION S. 1800 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MAY 21, 1975 Mr. PELL (for himself and Mr. JAVITS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare A BILL To amend and extend the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965, to provide for the improvement of museum services, and to provide indemnities for exhibitions of artistic and humanistic endeavors, and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That this Act may be cited as the "Arts, Humanities, and 4 Cultural Affairs Act of 1975". 5 6 7 TITLE I-ARTS AND HUMANITIES GRANTS TO THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE SEC. 101. (a) Section 5 of the National Foundation on 8 the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 is amended by 9 adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: II-O 1 2 "(1) The Chairman is authorized to make grants to 2 the American Film Institute, a nonprofit corporation in 3 corporated under the laws of the District of Columbia, for 4 the purposes described in subsection (c).". 5 (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be 6 effective with respect to fiscal year 1976 and succeeding 7 8 9 fiscal years. STATE HUMANITIES COUNCILS SEC. 102. (a) (1) Section 7 of the National Founda 10 tion on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 is amended 11 12 by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(f) (1) The Chairman, with the advice of the National 13 Council on the Humanities, is authorized to establish and carry out a program of grants-in-aid to assist the several States in supporting not more than 50 per centum of the cost of existing activities which meet the standards enu 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 merated in subsection (c), and in developing programs in the humanities in such a manner as will furnish adequate programs in the humanities in each of the several States. "(2) In order to receive assistance under this subsec tion in any fiscal year, a State shall submit an application for such grants at such time as shall be specified by the Chairman and accompany such applications with a plan which the Chairman finds "(A) designates or provides for the establishment |