Sec. 8. American Heritage Program
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From funds appropriated to the American Heritage Block Grant Fund for a fiscal year, the Secretary of the Treasury shall make grants to eligible States to carry out an American Heritage Program through State arts agencies. Funds allotted for a fiscal year shall be allotted among eligible States in the same proportion as funds are allotted among the States under section 5(g)(3) of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 954(g)(3) ). To be eligible to receive a grant under subsection
(a)for a fiscal year, a State shall submit to the Secretary an application in such form, and containing such information and assurances, as the Secretary may require by rule, including assurances that— not more than 80 percent of the cost of any qualified activity carried out under this section shall be paid with such grant, and not more that 20 percent of such grant may be expended for administrative costs. For purposes of this section— the term American Heritage Program means a program carried out by a State that provides qualified activities directly, or by contract with nonprofit organizations (including community-based organizations) or units of local government, for all the people and communities in the State, the term Secretary means the Secretary of the Treasury, the term State has the meaning given such term in section 4 of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 953 ), the term State arts agency has the same meaning given such term as used in the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 951 et seq. ), and the term qualified activities means activities that develop projects, productions, workshops, or programs that will encourage public knowledge, education, understanding, and appreciation of American heritage and the arts. There is established in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the American Heritage Block Grant Fund , consisting of such amounts as may be appropriated or credited to the American Heritage Block Grant Fund as provided in this subsection. There are appropriated to the American Heritage Block Grant Fund amounts equal to .5 percent of the taxes received by the Treasury after December 31, 2012, that the Secretary determines are attributable to Internet gambling. The amounts appropriated by paragraph
(1)shall be transferred from time to time from the general fund of the Treasury. Such amounts shall be determined on the basis of estimates by the Secretary of the taxes, specified in paragraph (1), paid to or deposited into the Treasury. Proper adjustments shall be made in amounts subsequently transferred to the extent prior estimates are in excess of or are less than the taxes specified in paragraph (1). Amounts in the American Heritage Block Grant Fund shall be available, as provided by appropriation Acts, for making expenditures to carry out subsection (a).
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