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EO 140842022-09-30Biden

Promoting the Arts, the Humanities, and Museum and Library Services

This executive order establishes the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities within the Institute of Museum and Library Services to advise on cultural policy, and directs 25 federal agencies and White House offices to coordinate with the NEA, NEH, and IMLS on arts and humanities initiatives. The Committee is advisory, composed of federal agency heads and up to 25 presidential appointees, and terminates after two years unless extended.

EO 139782021-01-18Trump

Building the National Garden of American Heroes

This executive order, signed two days before the end of the Trump presidency, amends a prior order to advance construction of the National Garden of American Heroes—a proposed statuary park featuring 244 named historical figures. It directs the Secretary of the Interior to identify a site and proceed with construction, requires annual public progress reports until completion, and encourages the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities to allocate one-twelfth of their discretionary funds toward commissioning statues.

EO 139342020-07-03Trump

Building and Rebuilding Monuments to American Heroes

This executive order establishes an Interagency Task Force to create a "National Garden of American Heroes" featuring realistic statues of historically significant Americans, with a target opening before July 4, 2026. It also directs federal agencies to prioritize funding for new monuments and educational programs about American founding ideals, while requiring lifelike rather than abstract artistic representations.

Memo2016-12-23Obama

Providing an Order of Succession Within the National Endowment for the Arts

This memorandum establishes the order of succession for the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts, specifying four officials who would assume the role if the Chairperson dies, resigns, or becomes unable to serve. It includes exceptions for acting officials and preserves presidential discretion to depart from this order.

Memo2004-12-08Bush

Delegation of Certain Reporting Authority

This memorandum delegates the President's statutory reporting function under the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965 to the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts. The Chairperson is now responsible for providing a specified report to Congress relating to the NEA.

EO 130611997-09-11Clinton

Federal Support of Community Efforts Along American Heritage Rivers

This executive order establishes the American Heritage Rivers initiative, a voluntary, community-driven program where communities nominate rivers for federal designation and support. It creates an interagency committee to coordinate federal assistance for environmental protection, economic revitalization, and historic preservation along designated rivers, without creating new regulatory authority.

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