national endowment for the arts grant awards to states

national endowment for the arts grant awards to statesSec. 416. Section 5(g)(4) of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 954(g)(4)), is amended—(1) in subparagraph (A) by adding at the end the following: “Whenever a State agency requests that the Chairperson exercise such discretion, the Chairperson shall—“(i) give consideration to the various circumstances the State is encountering at the time of such request; and“(ii) ensure that such discretion is not exercised with respect to such State in perpetuity.”; and(2) in subparagraph (C) by adding at the end the following: “The non-Federal funds required by subparagraph (A) to pay 50 percent of the cost of a program or production shall be provided from funds directly controlled and appropriated by the State involved and directly managed by the State agency of such State.”.