white house conference on the arts

white house conference on the arts Sec. 103. (a) The President shall call a White House Conference on the Arts to be held no later than December 31, 1979. The purpose of the Conference shall be to help develop a climate in which the arts can flourish, and recommendations to formulate an assessment of problems and issues relating to the arts, and to develop recommendations relating to the appropriate growth of the arts in all parts of the Nation. (b) The Conference shall be planned and conducted under the direction of a Presidentially appointed National Conference Planning Council on the Arts headed by a Chairman (appointed by the President) from among the members of the Council. Each department and agency of the Federal Government shall provide such cooperation and assistance to the Council, including the assignment of personnel; as may reasonably be required by the Council.