A bill to amend and extend the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965, to provide for the improvement of museum services, and to provide indemnities for exhibitions of artistic and humanistic endeavors.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Arts, Humanities, and Cultural Affairs Act - Title I: Arts and Humanities - Authorizes, under the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act, the chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts to make grants to the American Film Institute. Authorizes, under the same Act, the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities to establish a grants-in- aid program for existing and developing humanities programs in States which meet the standards set forth in such Act. Sets forth the requirements for applications by States for such grants. Sets forth the policy by which funds will be allotted to States under this Act. Establishes the minimum amount which will be allotted at $100,000. Provides for 100 percent funding of State programs in specified cases, and for grants to multi-State groups. Directs the chairman to withhold further grants or require repayment of grants already made when noncompliance by the State agency receiving such grants is discovered. Authorizes, under the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act, the appropriation of $113,500,000 for fiscal years 1977 and 1978 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 1979 and 1980 for programs of t…