Amendment revised the penalty provisions for grant recipients who were found to have produced obscene work by providing that the grantee would be debarred from receiving future NEA grants until the original grant was repaid to the NEA.

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Amendment Number
850
Description
Amendment revised the penalty provisions for grant recipients who were found to have produced obscene work by providing that the grantee would be debarred from receiving future NEA grants until the original grant was repaid to the NEA.
Purpose
An amendment specifying that artists who have been found to have used NEA funds to produce works of art judged to be obscene are entitled to apply for new grants as soon as all funds awarded for the original work have been repaid. The provisions of the Williams amendment prohibit such an artist from applying for a new grant for three years.
Congress
101
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
Oct 11, 1990
Latest Action Text
On agreeing to the Grandy amendment (A004) Agreed to by voice vote.
Latest Action Time
19:33:24
Submitted Date
Oct 11, 1990
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Jul 1, 2021
Amendment 850 — Informed