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Executive Order 14084

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.

Federal Register Open PDF 87 FR 60535

Impact dates

  1. Committee termination unless extended by President

  2. First annual report to President through NEA, NEH, IMLS heads

  3. Executive Director quarterly meetings with NEA, NEH, IMLS heads to begin

Key directives

  • Establish President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities within IMLS
  • Committee to be composed of NEA Chair, NEH Chair, IMLS Director, and up to 25 non-Federal presidential appointees
  • President to designate Chair or two Co-Chairs from non-Federal members
  • IMLS to provide funding and administrative support subject to appropriations
  • Executive Director to meet quarterly with heads of NEA, NEH, and IMLS
  • Committee to meet twice yearly
  • Annual reporting to President through NEA, NEH, IMLS heads
  • Committee terminates 2 years from order date unless extended
  • 25 specified agencies and White House offices to coordinate with NEA, NEH, IMLS on joint projects

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • Committee established within IMLS
  • NEA, NEH, IMLS heads become members
  • 25 federal agencies and White House offices designated for interagency coordination

Near term (90d)

  • President to designate Chair/Co-Chairs from non-Federal members
  • IMLS to provide funding and administrative support
  • Director of IMLS may designate Executive Director

Long term

  • Committee terminates September 30, 2024 unless extended by President
  • Potential joint projects across 25+ agencies
  • Annual reporting cycle begins

Risks & tensions

  • Advisory-only structure with no binding authority on agencies; effectiveness depends on voluntary cooperation
  • Implementation explicitly subject to 'availability of appropriations' — funding uncertainty
  • Committee's 2-year sunset creates short runway for institutional impact unless extended
  • Vague 'as appropriate and consistent with applicable law' qualifier on interagency coordination may limit actual joint projects
  • Private funds via IMLS gift authority may create perceived or actual conflicts of interest in recommendations
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