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handle is hein.crs/govedzv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: C Congressional a Research Service E informing the egisI tive debate since 1914 ___________________ American Rescue Plan Act of 2021: Arts and Cultural Provisions July 22, 2021 On March 11, 2021, theAmerican Rescue PlanAct of 2021 (ARPA; P.L. 117-2) was signed into law. Among other provisions, ARPA appropriated FY2021 funding to the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). This CRS Insight provides an overview of these provisions. Institute of Museum and Library Services IMLS received $200 million through ARPA for necessary expenses to carry out museum and library services. ARPArequired the director of IMLS to award a minimum of 89% of funds to states, the District of Columbia, territories, and Freely Associated States through the Grants to States program. The program used the state allotment formula to distribute this funding to State Library Administrative Agencies. In addition to the Grants to States, $15 million is to be distributed through a competitive grant program to museums, libraries, and Native American and Native Hawaiian communities. The program is intended to support museum and library services in addressing community needs created or exacerbated by the [Coronavirus Disease 2019] COVID-19 pandemic and in assisting with recovery. Existing programs and services or new ones that address emergent needs and unexpected hardships will be eligible for support. National Endowment for the Arts NEA received $135 million through ARPA to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from the coronavirus. Under the law, 40% of the $135 million provided grants to state art agencies and regional arts organizations that support arts organizations' programming and general operating expenses. Each state and regional agency decides its own priorities and timeline to award the funds, which are designed to support the arts sector as it recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic. The remaining 60% of NEA's funding is to be distributed through two competitive grant programs. Grants to Organizations will be made to eligible entities, including nonprofit arts organizations, local arts agencies, arts service organizations, units of state or local government, federally recognized tribal communities or tribes, and a wide range of other Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN11707 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Membersand Committeesof Congress

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