Next week, the House is scheduled to approve a balanced reauthorization bill.
The Senate, which has been working with the House on the reauthorization bill, is expected to take the measure up next week.
The reauthorization bills under consideration in the House and the Senate would continue the agency much as before.
The reauthorization bill makes changes to the original bill in that it, among other things:
The reauthorization bill has yet to come to a vote.
Under the reauthorization bill local programs are under pressure to maintain or improve the quality of their staffs.
Congress decided to work on a new compromise and sent a second reauthorization bill to the President Bush, which he also vetoed.
In fact, the Senate passed its reauthorization bill last week.
The artists want to prevent such language from being incorporated into this year's reauthorization bill.
The committee will hold a hearing on Friday on the commission's reauthorization bill.